出典:Wiktionary
From Old Latin poplicus, from Old Latin poplus, which became Latin populus (“the people”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”), of unknown origin.
The change from -ŏp- to -ūb- is traditionally explained as paronymic attraction to pūbēs (“adult population; puberty; genitals”).[1]. An alternative explanation is that it is a regular sound change, divisible into two steps: voicing of -p-, then breaking of -o- to -ou- (subsequently monophthongized to -ū-)[2].
pūblicus (feminine pūblica, neuter pūblicum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | pūblicus | pūblica | pūblicum | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblica | |
Genitive | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblicī | pūblicōrum | pūblicārum | pūblicōrum | |
Dative | pūblicō | pūblicō | pūblicīs | ||||
Accusative | pūblicum | pūblicam | pūblicum | pūblicōs | pūblicās | pūblica | |
Ablative | pūblicō | pūblicā | pūblicō | pūblicīs | |||
Vocative | pūblice | pūblica | pūblicum | pūblicī | pūblicae | pūblica |
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pūblicus | pūblicī |
Genitive | pūblicī | pūblicōrum |
Dative | pūblicō | pūblicīs |
Accusative | pūblicum | pūblicōs |
Ablative | pūblicō | pūblicīs |
Vocative | pūblice | pūblicī |