public

public
adj.
P. and V. κοινός, Ar. and P. δημόσιος, V. δήμιος, πάνδημος.
Open: P. and V. κοινός.
Paid by the public: P. δημοτελής.
Public acts, subs.: P. τὰ πεπολιτευμένα.
Public decree: V. δημόπρακτος ψῆφος, ἡ.
Public exile: V. φῠγή δημήλᾰτος, ἡ.
Public hangman: use Ar. and P. ὁ δήμιος ; see executioner.
Public life: Ar. and P. πολῑτεία, ἡ.
During the time of my public life: P. καθʼ οὗς ἐπολιτευόμην χρόνους (Dem. 248).
Enter public life: P. πρὸς τὰ κοινὰ προσέρχεσθαι (Dem. 312).
Public man: use adj., P. πολιτικός.
Politician: P. and V. ῥήτωρ, ὁ.
Be a public man, v.: Ar. and P. πολῑτεύεσθαι, δημοσιεύειν.
From being inglorious and obscure they have become men of repute and public characters: P. γεγόνασιν . . . ἐξ ἀνωνύμων καὶ ἀδόξων ἔνδοξοι καὶ γνώριμοι (Dem. 106).
Public upheaval: V. δημόθρους ἀ̆ναρχία, ἡ.
The public: P. and V. ὁ δῆμος, τὸ κοινόν, οἱ πολλοί
The public good: P. and V. τὸ κοινόν.
For the public good: P. and V. εἰς τὸ κοινόν.
At the public expense: P. ἀπὸ κοινοῦ, δημοσίᾳ.
In public: P. εἰς τὸ κοινόν, Ar. and P. εἰς τὸ μέσον, V. ἐς μέσον.
Make public, v.: see publish.

PUBLIC

publicus (opposed to privatus domesticus): apertus communis (for the use of every one): celeber (frequented by all): vulgaris (belonging or accessible to all): to come before the public in publicum in solem or in solem et pulverem prodire (of a statesman): in medium procedere surgere or aggredi ad dicendum (of an orator): prodire in scenam produci (of an actor): se efferre exsistere (general term to raise one’s self to eminence) public life vita forensis (opposed to umbratilis); also by circumlocution with rempublicam gerere: to enter upon public life ad rempublicam accedere; rempublicam capessere: his first entrance into public life was primus gradus fuit capessendae reipublicae (Nep. Them. 2): the public populus; vulgus (☞ not publicum). In a public character or capacity publice (opposed to privatim Cic.).

public (adj.):

I. Relating to the state:

1. publĭcus: sacrifices p. and private, sacrificia p. ac privata, Caes. B. G. 6, 13: p. land (the property of the people), ager p.: v. Smith's Ant. p. 79, sq.

2. expr. by respublĭca, rĕipublĭcae; pŏpŭlus: to spend one's life aloof from p. affairs (politics), procul a republica (or, re publica) aetatem agere, Sall. Jug. 3, init.: to turn out for the p. good, populo [plebique] bene evenire, Cic. Mur. init. Phr.: in a p. capacity, publice: Caes.: Cic.: also, at the p. expense: e. g. publice aliquem efferre (to honour with a public funeral), Nep. Dion. extr.: to be maintained at the p. expense, publice ali, id. Arist. fin.: Liv.

II. Not private or secret: Phr.: to appear in p., prodire in publicum, Cic. Verr. 1, 31, fin.: he dares not appear in p., in publico esse non audet, ib. 5, 35, 92: to take meals in p., in propatulo vesci, Mela 1, 19, med.: to speak in a p. (much-frequented) or private place, celebri an secreto loco dicere, Quint. 11, 1, 47: in p., foris (opp. domi), Cic. Arch. 7, 16: also, in luce, Cic. Sen. 4, 12 (v. PUBLICITY): to make a matter p., rem foras perferre, id. Coel. 23, 57: also, efferre, Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 65 (v. TO PUBLISH); v. COMMON.

III. Open for general use: Phr.: a p. walk, *ambulatio qua omnibus uti licet: or perh. ambulatio publica.

public (subs.): often expr. by hŏmĭnes (v. PEOPLE): if the lower orders be meant, vulgus, multitudo (v. MULTITUDE): on behalf of the p., publice, opp. privatim, Caes. B. G. 5, 55: to be maintained by the p. (at the p. expense), publice ali, Nep. Arist. 3.

κοινός
κοινός, common, public
ξυνός
common, public, general, concerning
δήμιος
belonging to the people, public; public executioner

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appearing fewer than 50 times

δημοτελής
at the public cost, public, national
δημοφανής
public, solemn
κοινόδημος
common to the people, public
πανδήμιος
of all people, a public
ἀμφάδιος
public
ἀστύνομος
administered by the city, public

publicus
of the people, of the state, done for the state, public, common
communis
common, general, universal, public
forensis
of the market, of the forum, public, forensic

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appearing fewer than 50 times

pervolgo
to make common, make public, spread abroad
testatus
public, manifest, evident, indisputable, published
volgus
the mass, multitude, people, public, crowd
vulgatus
common, public