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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> of or for the [[people]], [[in common use]], <b class="b3">δ. γράμματα</b> in Egypt, opp. [[ἱρά]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>; οἶνος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>44</span>; of opinions and the like, ὑπόληψις [[popular]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>989a11</span>; [[common]], [[ordinary]], ὀνόματα <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Hist.Conscr.</span>22</span>; ὕλη <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.10.7</span>; πράγματα μικρὰ καὶ δ. Plu.2.408c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> = [[δημόσιος]], τὰ -κά [[public affairs]], <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.4</span>; δ. λειτουργία <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>1.86</span> (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[of the populace]], [[one of them]], <span class="bibl">D.21.209</span>. Adv. -κῶς, ἐσταλμένος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Scyth.</span>5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[on the popular]] or [[democratic side]], τὸ σόφισμα δ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>205</span>; ὄρνεα δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span>1584</span>; τὴν οὐ δ. παρανομίαν <span class="bibl">Th.6.28</span>; opp. [[ὀλιγαρχικός]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.16.37</span>; λέγεις πόσα δεῖ προσεῖναι τῷ δ. <span class="bibl">D.18.122</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν δ. πράττειν</b> to do nothing [[for the people]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.39</span>; δ. συκοφάνται <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.133</span>: generally, [[popular]], δ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.60</span>; τῶν μετρίων τινὰ καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">D.21.183</span>; δημοτικὸν τοῦτο δρᾷ <span class="bibl">Antiph.190.19</span>: hence, [[generous]], [[kindly]], [[affable]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.60</span>; δ. τι καὶ πρᾶον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>303d</span>; πρᾶός τις καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Plb. 10.26.1</span>; δ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Oth.</span>1</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-κῶς</b> [[affably]], [[kindly]], καλῶς καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">D.24.59</span>; <b class="b3">φιλανθρώπως καὶ δ</b>. ib.24: Comp. -ώτερον <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Demetr.</span>42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of governments, [[popular]], [[democratic]], πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292b13</span>: Comp. -ώτερα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ath.</span>22.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">δ. δικαστήριον</b> [[trying suits between citizens]], <span class="title">SIG</span>286.17 (Milet., iv B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Adv. χρῆσθαι ἀλλήλοις δ. [[in a spirit of equality]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1308a11</span>; <b class="b3">δ. πεπαιδευμένοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1310a17</span>; δ. ἐρίζειν [[like a free and independent citizen]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ner.</span>9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[of]] or [[belonging to a deme]], opp. [[δημόσιος]], Lexap. <span class="bibl">D.43.71</span>; ἱερά Hsch. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[δημοτελῆ]].</span>