πολῑτ-εία,
Ionic dialect πολῑτ-ηΐη, ἡ, condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.34, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.104, etc.; π. δοῦναί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, grants of citizenship, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 54.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 the daily life of a citizen, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.184; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ π. [prev. author] 20.122 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; life, living, ἡ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ π. [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.43.6; so perhaps NT.Eph.2.12. ] NT+2nd c.BC+]
__3 concrete, body of citizens, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a34. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 = Latin civitas in geographical sense, [[ “SIG” 888.118 (Scaptopara, 3rd c.AD), Mitteis “Chr.” 78.6 (4th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II government, administration, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 219, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.15, etc.; ἄγειν τὴν π. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.127; πρασύτατα καὶ ἀσελγέστατα τῇ π. κεχρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; course of policy, τῇ π. καὶ τοῖς ψηφίσμασι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.87, compare 9.3 (_plural_), 18.263; ἡ Κλεοφῶντος π. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.150; ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ὁμιλία καὶ π. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.46 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, acts of policy, [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Vita” 65. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]