Pūblĭlĭus, a, the name of a Roman gens, of whom the best known are,
I Publilius, brother of Publilia , second wife of Cicero , Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1.—
II Volero Publilius, who secured to the plebs the election of the tribunes , A. U. C. 282, Liv. 2, 55 sqq. —
III Publilius Syrus, a famous composer and actor of mimes , at the beginning of the eighth century A. U. C., Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199; Macr. S. 2, 7, 6 sqq.; Sen. Ep. 8, 8; less correctly called Publius Syrus, Gell. 17, 14, 1; Sen. Tranq. 11, 8 al.; v. Wölfflin, Philol. 22, p. 439 sq.; Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 208, 2. —Hence, adj.: Publĭlĭānus , a, um, of or belonging to Publilius : sententiae, Sen. Contr. 7, 18, 8 sq. (where the common text has Publiliae).—
IV Publilia, Cicero's second wife , whom he married B. C. 46, and divorced the next year , Cic. Att. 12, 32, 1; cf. id. Fam. 4, 14, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 75.