πολῑτ-ευμα, ατος, τό,
business of government, act of administration, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.108, 136] Refs 4th c.BC+]: more frequently in plural, measures of government or institutions, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 945d, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.78; τῶν τοιούτων π. οὐδὲν πολιτεύομαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.71 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τὴν πόλιν π. καὶ ἐν τοῖς Ἑλληνικοῖς both in my home and foreign policy, [[ [prev. author] 18.109; κάλλιστον π. ἐποιήσατο “IG” 42(1).81.9 (Epid., 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; π. [[ “Catonis” 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 6.1.13, compare 9.7.3. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II the concrete of πολιτεία [[ 111 ] Refs], the government, π. ἐστὶν ἡ πολιτεία [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1278b11, compare 1279a26, 1283b31, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν π. the citizens, [[[prev. work] 1303b26, compare 1305b34; τὸ τῆς δημοκρατίας π. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.172; τὸ πάτριον π. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.9, compare 4.25.7 (_plural_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. ἀκέραια, σωφρονικά, [[ [prev. author] 1.13.12, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.41; τὰ π. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]free republics, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.69 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; form of government, πολίτεομα (sic) εἶναι ἐν Χίῳ δῆμον [[ “SIG” 283.3 (Edict of Alexander, Chios, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Decrees Attic dialect cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.851f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III citizen rights, citizenship, ἀξίους τοῦ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν π. [[ “IG” 9(2).517.6 (Larissa, Epist. Philipp. V), etc.: _metaphorically_, ἡμῶν τὸ π. ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὑπάρχει NT.Phil.3.20. ] NT]