δημότης
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, Dor. δᾱμότας, also δᾱμέτας (q. v.),
A one of the people, commoner, opp. a man of rank, Tyrt.4.5, Hdt.2.172, 5.11, X. Cyr.2.3.7; ἄνδρα δ. S.Aj.1071; δ. ὅμιλος Ar.Pax921; δ. τε καὶ ξένος E.Supp.895; δημόται καὶ πένητες X.Mem.1.2.58:—fem. δημότις, ιδος, opp. βασίλισσα, Plb.22.20.2: pl., opp. εὐγενέσταται, D.C.62.15. 2 = ἰδιώτης, γνωστὰ λέγειν δημότῃσι speak popularly, Hp.VM 2, cf. Acut.8; ἀμαθίη τῶν δ. Id.Art.67. II one of the same people, fellow-citizen, Pi.N.7.65, E.Alc.1057. III at Athens and elsewhere, member of a deme or of the same deme, S.OC78, Susario 1, Pl.Ap.33e, D.18.261, IG22.1172, etc.; φράτερας καὶ δ. Cratin.Jun. 9:—so fem. δημότις, ιδος, Ar.Lys.333, Theoc.28.22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 565] ου, ὁ, 1) Einer aus dem Volk, zum Volke gehörig, gemeiner Mann; Ggstz βασιλεύς. Her. 2, 172; τύραννος, 5, 11, wie Eur. Ion 625; ἀνὴρ δ., Soph. Ai. 1050; Ant. 686; λεώς, Ar. Pax 921; dah. plur. δημόται, das Volk, Eur. Alc. 1057 u. öfter; neben πένητες, die gemeinen Leute, Xen. Mam. 1, 2, 58; vgl. Cyr. 2, 3, 7; sonst nicht so in att. Prosa; sondern – 2) der Bürger eines Demos, wie Soph. O. C. 78 τοὶς ἐνθάδ' αὐτοῦ δημόταις sagt; οἱ ἐμοὶ δ., meine Gaugenossen, tribules, Ar. Nubb. 210 u. öfter; Plat. Theag. 121 d u. Folgde; allgemeiner, Pind. N. 7, 65, Mitbürger.
