Publilius

Latin

Etymology

From the name Pūblius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːˈbli.li.us/, [puːˈblʲɪlʲiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈbli.li.us/, [puˈbliːlius]

Proper noun

Pūblilius m sg (genitive Pūbliliī or Pūblilī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Quintus Publilius Philo, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pūblilius
genitive	Pūbliliī Pūblilī1
dative	Pūbliliō
accusative	Pūblilium
ablative	Pūbliliō
vocative	Pūblilī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Pūblilia

References

• “Publilius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Publilius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.