δημόσιος

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Dor. δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον Hp. (v. infr.)),

   A belonging to the people or state, κτέανα Xenoph.2.8; τὰδ. Hdt.5.29, Ar.V.554; δ. χρήματα Cratin.171; πλοῦτος Th.1.80; χώρα, opp. ἱερά, ἰδία, Arist.Pol. 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα IG22.1013; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opp. ἰδιωτικά, SIG 1015.9 (Halic.); ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, Aeschin.1.2, Arist.Pol.1320a12; δ. λόγος, = Lat. fiscus, BGU193.27, OGI1669.21; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, Th.2.13, IG22.1100.40 (Hadr.), Pl.Lg.742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν Lys.18.14.    b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, Plb.26.1.12, Hdn.1.12.4.    2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, Arist.Top.162a35, SE165a5; δημόσιος κακίη epidemic, Hp.Ep.19 (Hermes 53.67).    II as Subst.:    a δημόσιος (sc. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, Hdt.6.121; policeman, Ar.Lys.436; public notary, = γραμματεύς, D. 19.129, etc.; public executioner, D.S.13.102: generally, public official, τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους POxy.69.13 (ii A. D.).    b public victim, = φάρμακος, Ar.Eq.1136, cf. Sch. ad loc.    c harlot, prostitute, Procop.Arc.9 (cf. Sapph.148).    III neut., δημόσιον, τό, the state, Hdt.1.14, Aeschin.3.58; οἱ ἐκ δ. public officials, X. Lac.3.3.    b public building, hall, Hdt.6.52.    c treasury, = τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ. And.1.73, cf. D.21.182, Din.2.2; ὁ ἐκ δ. μισθός Th.6.31; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή Pl.R.465d; τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δ. BGU1188.12 (Aug.), 1158.18 (i B. C.).    d the public prison, Th.5.18.    2 τὰ δ. public archives, OGI229.108 (Smyrna).    b public dues, taxes, in pl., PLond.3.938.11 (iii A. D.), BGU1018.21 (iii A. D.).    IV fem., δαμοσία (sc. σκηνή), ἡ, tent of the Spartan kings: hence οἱ περὶ δαμοσίαν the king's council, X.HG4.5.8, Lac.13.7.    V as Adv.:    1 dat. δημοσία, Ion. -ίῃ, at the public expense, Hdt.1.30, Ar.Av.396, etc.; by public consent, D.21.50; on public service, δ. ἀποδημεῖν Id.45.3; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, And.1.105; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, D.45.81.    2 as a community, opp. ἰδίᾳ, Pl.Ap.30b.    3 commonly, popularly, τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά Luc.Nigr.4.    4 regul. Adv. -ίως A.D. Adv.151.12; on public business, καταπλεῦσαι SIG520.7 (Naxos, iii B. C.).