δημόσιος,
Doric dialect δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus (see. below))] Refs 5th c.BC+], belonging to the people or state, κτέανα [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 2.8; τὰδ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.29, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 554; δ. χρήματα 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 171; πλοῦτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; χώρα, opposed to ἱερά, ἰδία, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα “IG” 22.1013 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opposed to ἰδιωτικά, [[ “SIG” 1015.9 (Halic.)] Refs]; ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.2, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1320a12 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. λόγος, = Latin fiscus, [[ “BGU” 193.27, “OGI” 1669.21] Refs]; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13, “IG” 22.1100.40 (2nd c.AD: Hadrianus Imperator Epigrammaticus), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 26.1.12, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.12.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 162a35, “SE” 165a5; δημόσιος κακίη ] Refs 4th c.BC+]epidemic, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 19 (“Hermes” 53.67). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II as substantive:
__II.a δημόσιος (i.e. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.121 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; policeman, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 436 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; public notary, ={γραμματεύς}, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.129, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; public executioner, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.102 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: generally, public official, τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους [[ “POxy.” 69.13 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]