Publilius
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pūblĭlĭus: a,
I 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).—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pūblĭlĭus,¹¹ ĭī, m., nom de fam. rom.
