publish Copy link Outline I. To make public, proclaim1. effĕro, extŭli, ēlātum, 32. also, prōfĕro, 3; strengthened, palam p., Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 41; in medium p., Cic. Fam. 15, 23. pătĕfăcio, 3 (to lay open, explore)4. dīvulgo, 1 (to make generally known)II. To issue a book1. ēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 32. ēmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (not in Cic., the strict sense being rather to suffer to issue than to send forth)3. publĭco, 1 (late)4. dīvulgo, 1 (to circulate generally) • publish: I. To make public, proclaim: 1. effĕro, extŭli, ēlātum, 3: to p. anything abroad, aliquid in vulgum (vulgus) ef., Caes. B. G. 6, 14; also, ef. foras, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 65: also absol., to p. a matter, rem ef., Caes. B. G. 7, 2. 2. also, prōfĕro, 3; strengthened, palam p., Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 41; in medium p., Cic. Fam. 15, 2: or absol.: Cic.: Plin. min. 3. pătĕfăcio, 3 (to lay open, explore): Cic.: v. to reveal. 4. dīvulgo, 1 (to make generally known): to p. any one's designs, consilia alicujus d., Caes. B. C. 1, 20: more fully, sermonibus d., Cic. Font. 5, 10. (Promulgo = to give formal public notice of something: as in phr. to p. the banns of matrimony, perh. *sponsalia [pactum nuptiale] promulgare.) II. To issue a book: 1. ēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to p. a speech, orationem [scriptam, in MS.; typis descriptam, in print] e., Sall. Cat. 31: Cic. Br. 5, 19. 2. ēmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (not in Cic., the strict sense being rather to suffer to issue than to send forth): Suet. Cal. 33 (librum e.). 3. publĭco, 1 (late): whether to p. or suppress, vel p. vel continere, Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 3. 4. dīvulgo, 1 (to circulate generally): I wish to p. that work, volo eum (librum) d., Cic. Att. 12, 40, 2. Phr.: to have no objection to p., non abhorrere ab editione, Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5: to be p.'d, e prelo exire: v. to print (I.).