Pūblĭcĭus, i, m.,
I the name of a Roman gens; esp. the brothers L. and M. Publicius Malleolus, aediles , Varr. L. L. 5, 32 fin. ; Ov. F. 5, 288.—Hence,
A Pūblĭcĭus , a, um, adj., Publician : Clivus Publicius, a hill in Rome , Liv. 26, 10, 6; 27, 37 fin. ; Ov. F. 5, 294.—
B Publĭcĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Publicius , Publician : locus, prob. the Clivus Publicius (v. supra), Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4: actio, so called after a praetor named Publicius, Dig. 6, tit. 2; cf. Just. Inst. 4, 6, 4.