Lewis Short
(adjective) : Pūblĭlĭus, a
* The name of a Roman gens, of whom the best known are
* Publilius, brother of Publilia, second wife of Cicero, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1.
* Volero Publilius, who secured to the plebs the election of the tribunes, A. U. C. 282, Liv. 2, 55 sqq.
* Publilius Syrus, a famous composer and actor of mimes, at the beginning of the eighth century A. U. C., Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199; Macr. S. 2, 7, 6 sqq.; Sen. Ep. 8, 8; less correctly called Publius Syrus,Gell. 17, 14, 1; Sen. Tranq. 11, 8 al.; v. Wölfflin, Philol. 22, p. 439 sq.; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 208, 2. —Hence, : Publĭlĭānus, a, um, of or belonging to Publilius: sententiae,Sen. Contr. 7, 18, 8 sq. (where the common text has Publiliae).
* Publilia, Cicero's second wife, whom he married B. C. 46, and divorced the next year, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 75.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary