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δημόσιος

δημόσιος, belonging to the people

δημόσιος, Dor. δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον Hp. (v. infr.)),
  • belonging to the people or state, κτέανα Xenoph. 2.8; τὰ δ. Hdt. 5.29, Ar. V. 554; δ. χρήματα Cratin. 171; πλοῦτος Th. 1.80; χώρα, opp. ἱερά, ἰδία, Arist. Pol. 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα IG 2(2).1013; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opp. ἰδιωτικά, SIG 1015.9 (Halic.); ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, Aeschin. 1.2, Arist. Pol. 1320a12; δ. λόγος, = Lat. fiscus, BGU 193.27, OGI 1669.21; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, Th. 2.13, IG 2(2).1100.40 (Hadr.), Pl. Lg. 742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν Lys. 18.14.
        • b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, Plb. 26.1.12, Hdn. 1.12.4.
      • 2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, Arist. Top. 162a35, SE 165a5; δημόσιος κακίη epidemic, Hp. Ep. 19 (Hermes 53.67).
    • II as Subst.:
        • a δημόσιος (sc. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, Hdt. 6.121; policeman, Ar. Lys. 436; public notary, = γραμματεύς, D. 19.129, etc.; public executioner, D.S. 13.102: generally, public official, τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους POxy. 69.13 (ii A. D.).
        • b public victim, = φάρμακος, Ar. Eq. 1136, cf. Sch. ad loc.
        • c harlot, prostitute, Procop. Arc. 9 (cf. Sapph. 148).
    • III neut., δημόσιον, τό, the state, Hdt. 1.14, Aeschin. 3.58; οἱ ἐκ δ. public officials, X. Lac. 3.3.
        • b public building, hall, Hdt. 6.52.
        • c treasury, = τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ. And. 1.73, cf. D. 21.182, Din. 2.2; ὁ ἐκ δ. μισθός Th. 6.31; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή Pl. R. 465d; τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δ. BGU 1188.12 (Aug.), 1158.18 (i B. C.).
        • d the public prison, Th. 5.18.
      • 2 τὰ δ. public archives, OGI 229.108 (Smyrna).
        • b public dues, taxes, in pl., PLond. 3.938.11 (iii A. D.), BGU 1018.21 (iii A. D.).
    • IV fem., δαμοσία (sc. σκηνή), ἡ, tent of the Spartan kings: hence οἱ περὶ δαμοσίαν the kingʼs council, X. HG 4.5.8, Lac. 13.7.
    • V as Adv.:
      • 1 dat. δημοσίᾳ, Ion. -ίῃ, at the public expense, Hdt. 1.30, Ar. Av. 396, etc.; by public consent, D. 21.50; on public service, δ. ἀποδημεῖν Id. 45.3; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, And. 1.105; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, D. 45.81.
      • 2 as a community, opp. ἰδίᾳ, Pl. Ap. 30b.
      • 3 commonly, popularly, τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά Luc. Nigr. 4.
      • 4 regul. Adv. -ίως A.D. Adv. 151.12; on public business, καταπλεῦσαι SIG 520.7 (Naxos, iii B. C.).

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