publico Latin · revision 8510

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la pūblicus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpuː.blɪ.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpuː.bli.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pūblicō''' (present infinitive pūblicāre, perfect active pūblicāvī, supine pūblicātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Apuleius has the spelling ''pūplicō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[pūblicus]] “public”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of making something public property, and Varro, of confiscating.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to make something public property, put it at the community's disposal, as in Cicero, and in Varro to confiscate for the state.^(OLD 2012) In Livy it meant to make public, make known.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to publish, make public, and also to seize, lay waste.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''pubblicare'', French ''publier'' and Spanish ''publicar'', and through Old French ''puplier'' it gave English ''publicen'' in the early 14th century, altered to [[en|publish]] by the mid-14th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of public property.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of confiscating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of making known.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-14th century – English ''publish'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To make public property.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|confiscate]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make known, [[m|en|publish]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[pūblicātiō]]

+ * [[pūblicātor]]

+ * [[publicatrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pūblicus]]

+ * [[en|publish]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}