δημιόπρατα
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
τά,
A goods seized by public authority, and put up for sale, Ar.V.659, Poll.10.96, Ath.11.476e, Phalar.Ep.95; περὶ τῶν δ. πρὸς εὐθίαν, title of speech by Lys.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δημιόπρᾱτα: τά, πράγματα καταλαμβανόμενα ὑπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ δήμου καὶ ἐκτιθέμενα εἰς πώλησιν· ἀπετέλουν δὲ ταῦτα μίαν τῶν προσόδων τοῦ δημοσίου ταμείου κατὰ τὸν Ἀριστοφ. Σφηξ. 659· πρβλ. Λυσ. παρὰ Πολυδ. Ι΄, 96, B öckh Ath. Staatsh. 1. 265., 2, 127 κἑξ.
