public (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Relating to the state1. publĭcus2. expr. by respublĭca, rĕipublĭcae; pŏpŭlusII. Not private or secretIII. Open for general use • public (adj.): I. Relating to the state: 1. publĭcus: sacrifices p. and private, sacrificia p. ac privata, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: p. land (the property of the people), ager p.: v. Smith's Ant. p. 79, sq. 2. expr. by respublĭca, rĕipublĭcae; pŏpŭlus: to spend one's life aloof from p. affairs (politics), procul a republica (or, re publica) aetatem agere, Sall. Jug. 3, init.: to turn out for the p. good, populo [plebique] bene evenire, Cic. Mur. init. Phr.: in a p. capacity, publice: Caes.: Cic.: also, at the p. expense: e. g. publice aliquem efferre (to honour with a public funeral), Nep. Dion. extr.: to be maintained at the p. expense, publice ali, id. Arist. fin.: Liv. II. Not private or secret: Phr.: to appear in p., prodire in publicum, Cic. Verr. 1, 31, fin.: he dares not appear in p., in publico esse non audet, ib. 5, 35, 92: to take meals in p., in propatulo vesci, Mela 1, 19, med.: to speak in a p. (much-frequented) or private place, celebri an secreto loco dicere, Quint. 11, 1, 47: in p., foris (opp. domi), Cic. Arch. 7, 16: also, in luce, Cic. Sen. 4, 12 (v. publicity): to make a matter p., rem foras perferre, id. Coel. 23, 57: also, efferre, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 65 (v. to publish); v. common. III. Open for general use: Phr.: a p. walk, *ambulatio qua omnibus uti licet: or perh. ambulatio publica.