πολιτεία
Χριστῷ συνεσταύρωμαι· ζῶ δὲ οὐκέτι ἐγώ, ζῇ δὲ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός· ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντός με καὶ παραδόντος ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ → I've been nailed to the cross with the Anointed One. But I live, no longer as me; it's the Anointed One who lives in me! The life that I'm now living in the flesh, I'm living in the Faith of the son of God, who loved me and gave himself over for my sake. (Galatians 2:20)
English (LSJ)
Ion. πολῑτ-ηΐη, ἡ,
A condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, Hdt.9.34, Th.6.104, etc.; π. δοῦναί τινι X.HG1.2.10: pl., grants of citizenship, Arist.Ath.54.3. 2 the daily life of a citizen, And.2.10, D. 19.184; ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ π. Id.20.122; life, living, ἡ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ π. Plb.18.43.6; so perh. Ep.Eph.2.12. 3 concrete, body of citizens, Arist.Pol. 1292a34. 4 = Lat. civitas in geographical sense, SIG888.118 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.), Mitteis Chr.78.6 (iv A. D.), etc. II government, administration, Ar.Eq.219, X.Mem.3.9.15, etc.; ἄγειν τὴν π. Th.1.127; πρασύτατα καὶ ἀσελγέστατα τῇ π. κεχρῆσθαι Hyp.Eux.29; course of policy, τῇ π. καὶ τοῖς ψηφίσμασι D.18.87, cf. 9.3 (pl.), 18.263; ἡ Κλεοφῶντος π. Aeschin.3.150; ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ὁμιλία καὶ π. Str.16.2.46: pl., acts of policy, J.Vit.65. 2 tenure of public office, πᾶσαν π. ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτελέσαι IG4.716.6 (Hermione); ἐν τοῖς τῆς π. χρόνοις IPE12.32B76 (Olbia, iii B. C.). III civil polity, constitution of a state, Antipho 3.2.1, Th.2.37, etc.; τὴν ἐλευθερίαν... μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τὰς π. D.18.65; form of gouernment, Pl.R.562a, etc.; ὁμολογοῦνται τρεῖς εἶναι π., τυραννὶς καὶ ὀλιγαρχία καὶ δημοκρατία Aeschin.1.4, cf. Arist.Pol.1293a37, etc.; αἱ τέτταρες π. Pl.R.544b; ἥτις ἂν π. συμφέρῃ Lys.25.8; π. ἐστὶ τάξις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡ περὶ τὰς ἀρχάς Arist.Pol.1289a15, cf. 1274b26 (pl.), 1289b27 (pl.); ὅπου μὴ νόμοι ἄρχουσιν οὐκ ἔστι π. ib.1292a32; τὴν ἀρίστην πολιτεύεσθαι π. ib.1288b31, cf. X.Ath.1.1, etc. 2 esp. republican government, free common-wealth, Arist.EN1160a34, Pol. 1293b22; ὅταν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν πολιτεύηται συμφέρον, καλεῖται π. ib.1279a39; ἄπιστον ταῖς π. ἡ τυραννίς D.1.5; οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλεῖς ταῖς π. αἱ πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους . . ὁμιλίαι Id.6.21; τοὺς τὰς π. μεθιστάντας εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν Id.15.20; ταῖς μὲν π. πολεμοῦσι τὰς δὲ μοναρχίας συγκαθιστᾶσι Isoc.4.125; ἔστι δήμου ἡ π. βίος Plu.2.826c.
