pūblicus
From Old Latin poplicus, from Old Latin poplus, which became Latin populus (“the people”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”), of unknown origin.
The change from -ŏp- to -ūb- is traditionally explained as paronymic attraction to pūbēs (“adult population; puberty; genitals”).[1] An alternative explanation is that it is a regular sound change, divisible into two steps: voicing of -p-, then breaking of -o- to -ou- (subsequently monophthongized to -ū-).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.bli.kus/, [ˈpuːblʲɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.bli.kus/, [ˈpuːblikus]
Adjective
pūblicus (feminine pūblica, neuter pūblicum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pūblicus | pūblica | pūblicum | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblica | |
| Genitive | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblicī | pūblicōrum | pūblicārum | pūblicōrum | |
| Dative | pūblicō | pūblicō | pūblicīs | ||||
| Accusative | pūblicum | pūblicam | pūblicum | pūblicōs | pūblicās | pūblica | |
| Ablative | pūblicō | pūblicā | pūblicō | pūblicīs | |||
| Vocative | pūblice | pūblica | pūblicum | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblica | |