belonging to the people
δημόσιος, Dor.
δᾱμ-,α , ον(ος,ον
Hp. (v. infr.)),
A. belonging to the peopleorstate,
κτέανα
Xenoph. 2.8
; τὰδ.
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 22.1013
;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, becomestate-property,beconfiscated,
Th. 2.13 , IG 22.1100.40 ( 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. asSubst.:
a. δημόσιος(sc.δοῦλος),ὁ,any public slaveorservant,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: henceοἱ περὶ δαμοσίανtheking's council,
X. HG 4.5.8 , Lac. 13.7 .
V. asAdv.:
1. dat.δημοσία,
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. κρίνεινtryin the public courts,
And. 1.105 ;δ. τεθνάναιto dieby 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.).
