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(adj.adj.) : Pūblĭcĭus, i, m.
* The name of a Roman gens; esp. the brothers L. and M. Publicius Malleolus, oediles, Varr. L. L. 5, 32 fin.; Ov. F. 5, 288.—Hence
* Pūblĭcĭus, a, um, adj., Publician: Clivus Publicius,a hill in Rome,Liv. 26, 10, 6; 27, 37fin.; Ov. F. 5, 294.
* Publĭcĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Publicius, Publician: locus, prob. the Clivus Publicius (v. supra),Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4: actio, so called after a praetor named Publicius,Dig. 6, tit. 6; cf. Just. Inst. 4, 6, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary