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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• public (adj.):
    1. I. Relating to the state:
      1. 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. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. III. Open for general use: Phr.: a p. walk, *ambulatio qua omnibus uti licet: or perh. ambulatio publica.
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• public (subs.): often expr. by hŏmĭnes (v. people): if the lower orders be meant, vulgus, multitudo (v. multitude): on behalf of the p., publice, opp. privatim, Caes. B. G. 5, 55: to be maintained by the p. (at the p. expense), publice ali, Nep. Arist. 3.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• PUBLIC
publicus (opposed to privatus, domesticus): apertus, communis (for the use of every one): celeber (frequented by all): vulgaris (belonging or accessible to all): to come before the public, in publicum, in solem or in solem et pulverem prodire (of a statesman): in medium procedere, surgere or aggredi ad dicendum (of an orator): prodire in scenam, produci (of an actor): se efferre, exsistere (general term, to raise one’s self to eminence) public life, vita forensis (opposed to umbratilis); also by circumlocution with rempublicam gerere: to enter upon public life, ad rempublicam accedere; rempublicam capessere: his first entrance into public life was, primus gradus fuit capessendae reipublicae (Nep., Them., 2): the public, populus; vulgus (☞ not publicum). In a public character or capacity, publice (opposed to privatim, Cic.).