δημότης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, Dor. δᾱμότας, also δᾱμέτας (q. v.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[one of the people]], [[commoner]], opp. a man of rank, <span class="bibl">Tyrt.4.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.172</span>, <span class="bibl">5.11</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.7</span>; ἄνδρα δ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1071</span>; δ. ὅμιλος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>921</span>; δ. τε καὶ ξένος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>895</span>; δημόται καὶ πένητες <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.58</span>:—fem. δημότις, ιδος, opp. [[βασίλισσα]], <span class="bibl">Plb.22.20.2</span>: pl., opp. [[εὐγενέσταται]], <span class="bibl">D.C.62.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[ἰδιώτης]], γνωστὰ λέγειν δημότῃσι speak [[popularly]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span> 2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Acut.</span>8</span>; ἀμαθίη τῶν δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Art.</span>67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">one of the same people, fellow-citizen</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.65</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1057</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> at Athens and elsewhere, [[member of a deme]] or [[of the same deme]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>78</span>, Susario <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>33e</span>, <span class="bibl">D.18.261</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1172, etc.; φράτερας καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Cratin.Jun. 9</span>:—so fem. δημότις, ιδος, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>333</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.28.22</span>.</span>