English → Latin
“publicity” in Latin
aperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break manifestuscaught in the act, plainly guilty; detected in the act, flagrant, plain; obvious, self-evidentēmānōto flow out; arise or emanate (from); to become knownlūxlight (of the sun, stars etc.); daylight, day, moonlight; lifeoculuseye; sight, vision; luminary of the sun and stars
The English word publicity itself goes back to Latin pūblicus, through pūblicitātem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
publicity
aperta, manifesta, ratio alicujus rei: to obtain publicity, in vulgus emanare, or simply emanare (Cic.): to avoid publicity, lucem, oculos, aspectum aliorum fugere; odisse celebritatem; fugere homines: to court publicity, versari in celebritate (Nep.); vivere in maxima celebritate (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for publicity?
- The usual Latin words for “publicity” are aperiō, manifestus, ēmānō; also lūx, oculus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.