LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

pūblicō

pūblicō (present infinitive pūblicāre, perfect active pūblicāvī, supine pūblicātum)
Classical[ˈpuː.blɪ.koː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpuː.bli.ko]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto seize, to confiscate, to make public property, to nationalize
    c. 161, Dig. XXVIII.I.8.4 Gaius libro septimo decimo ad edictum provinciale Hi vero, qui ad ferrum aut ad bestias aut in metallum damnantur, libertatem perdunt bonaque eorum publicantur: unde apparet amittere eos testamenti factionem.But those sentenced to fight in the arena or with the beasts or to work in the mines lose freedom and their assets are forfeited: hence one sees that the efficacy of their last will must be denied.
  2. transitiveto make public, to let be known in the public, to publish, to issue, to release
  3. transitiveto release, to open for public access, to unblock

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

populō dō, ēmittō
pūblicō -āre — in Epistulae, ch. 1

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.pūblicōpūblicābampūblicābōpūblicāvīpūblicāverampūblicāverō
pūblicārō
2nd sg.pūblicāspūblicābāspūblicābispūblicāvistī
pūblicāstī
pūblicāverās
pūblicārās
pūblicāveris
3rd sg.pūblicatpūblicābatpūblicābitpūblicāvitpūblicāverat
pūblicārat
pūblicāverit
pūblicārit
1st pl.pūblicāmuspūblicābāmuspūblicābimuspūblicāvimuspūblicāverāmuspūblicāverimus
pūblicārimus
2nd pl.pūblicātispūblicābātispūblicābitispūblicāvistis
pūblicāstis
pūblicāverātis
pūblicārātis
pūblicāveritis
pūblicāritis
3rd pl.pūblicantpūblicābantpūblicābuntpūblicāvērunt
pūblicāvēre, pūblicārunt
pūblicāverant
pūblicārant
pūblicāverint
pūblicārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.pūblicempūblicārempūblicāverim
pūblicārim
pūblicāvissem
pūblicāssem
2nd sg.pūblicēspūblicārēspūblicāverīspūblicāvissēs
pūblicāssēs
3rd sg.pūblicetpūblicāretpūblicāverit
pūblicārit
pūblicāvisset
pūblicāsset
1st pl.pūblicēmuspūblicārēmuspūblicāverīmus
pūblicārīmus
pūblicāvissēmus
pūblicāssēmus
2nd pl.pūblicētispūblicārētispūblicāverītis
pūblicārītis
pūblicāvissētis
pūblicāssētis
3rd pl.pūblicentpūblicārentpūblicāverint
pūblicārint
pūblicāvissent
pūblicāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.pūblicorpūblicābarpūblicābor
2nd sg.pūblicāris
pūblicāre
pūblicābāris
pūblicābāre
pūblicāberis
pūblicābere
3rd sg.pūblicāturpūblicābāturpūblicābitur
1st pl.pūblicāmurpūblicābāmurpūblicābimur
2nd pl.pūblicāminīpūblicābāminīpūblicābiminī
3rd pl.pūblicanturpūblicābanturpūblicābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.pūblicerpūblicārer
2nd sg.pūblicēris
pūblicēre
pūblicārēris
pūblicārēre
3rd sg.pūblicēturpūblicārētur
1st pl.pūblicēmurpūblicārēmur
2nd pl.pūblicēminīpūblicārēminī
3rd pl.pūblicenturpūblicārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.pūblicāpūblicāre
pres. 2nd pl.pūblicātepūblicāminī
fut. 2nd sg.pūblicātōpūblicātor
fut. 3rd sg.pūblicātōpūblicātor
fut. 2nd pl.pūblicātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.pūblicantōpūblicantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepūblicārepūblicārī
perfect infinitivepūblicāvisse
pūblicāsse
pūblicātum esse
future infinitivepūblicātūrum essepūblicātum īrī
present participlepūblicāns—
perfect participle—pūblicātus
pūblicāta, pūblicātā, pūblicātae, pūblicātam, pūblicātārum, pūblicātās, pūblicātī, pūblicātōrum, pūblicātōs
future participlepūblicātūrus
pūblicātūra, pūblicātūrā, pūblicātūrae, pūblicātūram, pūblicātūrārum, pūblicātūrās, pūblicātūre, pūblicātūrī, pūblicātūrīs, pūblicātūrō, pūblicātūrōrum, pūblicātūrōs, pūblicātūrum
pūblicandus
pūblicanda, pūblicandā, pūblicandae, pūblicandam, pūblicandārum, pūblicandās, pūblicande, pūblicandīs, pūblicandōrum, pūblicandōs
gerundpūblicandī, pūblicandō, pūblicandumsupinepūblicātum, pūblicātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

bona alicuius publicare (B. G. 5. 54)
to confiscate a person's property.

pūblĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. publicus.
I. To make public property, to seize and adjudge to the public use, to confiscate (class.; cf. proscribo): regnum Jubae, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: bona Cingetorigis, id. B. G. 5, 54; 7, 43: privata, Cic. Agr. 2, 21, 57: bona, id. Cat. 4, 4, 8: Ptolemaeum, id. Dom. 8, 20: censeo publicandas eorum pecunias, Sall. C. 51, 43; Nep. Thras. 1, 5; Liv. 3, 58; 29, 19; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 13: aurarias, Tac. A. 6, 19.—
II. To show or tell to the people, to impart to the public, make public or common (freq. only in the post-Aug. period, not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. vulgo): Aventinum, i. e. to open for building, Liv. 3, 31, 1: bibliothecas Graecas et Latinas, to furnish for the use of the public, throw open to the public, Suet. Caes. 44; Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 115; Suet. Aug. 43.—With se, to let one's self be heard in public, to come before the public, Suet. Ner. 21: oratiunculam, to publish, Plin. Ep. 5, 13, 1: epistulas, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: librum, id. ib. 1, 5, 2: libellos, Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 43.—
B. In partic.
1. To make known, publish, reveal, disclose (very rare): reticenda, Just. 1, 7, 5; 2, 15, 17: dies fasti publicati, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17.—
2. Corpus publicare, to expose one's self to common use, prostitute one's self, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 22: publicata pudicitia, Tac. G. 19; Quint. 7, 9, 4.—
3. To lay waste, destroy, make a ruin of: domus, Vulg. 1 Esdr. 6, 11; id. Dan. 2, 5.

Origins

Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pūblicō From pūblicus (“public; of or pertaining to the people, state or community”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Catalanpublicar
  • Englishpublish
  • Germanpublizieren
  • Italianpubblicare
  • Frenchpublierfrom Middle French publier
  • Portuguesepublicar
  • Romanianpublica
  • Spanishpublicar
  • Asturianpublicar
  • Galicianpublicar

Quick answers

What does pūblicō mean in Latin?
pūblicō, a verb, means “to seize, to confiscate, to make public property, to nationalize; to make public, to let be known in the public, to publish, to issue, to release; to release, to open for public access, to unblock”.
What are the principal parts of pūblicō?
pūblicō, pūblicāre, pūblicāvī, pūblicātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce pūblicō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpuː.blɪ.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpuː.bli.ko].