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 Caes.; 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.