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|Definition=ατος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[business of government]], [[act of administration]], <span class="bibl">D.18.108</span>, 136: more freq. in pl., [[measures of government]] or [[institutions]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>945d</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.78</span>; τῶν τοιούτων πολιτευμάτων οὐδὲν πολιτεύομαι <span class="bibl">D.8.71</span>; <b class="b3">ἔν τε τοῖς κατὰ τὴν πόλιν πολιτεύμασι καὶ ἐν τοῖς Ἑλληνικοῖς</b> both in my home and foreign [[policy]], <span class="bibl">Id.18.109</span>; κάλλιστον πολίτευμα ἐποιήσατο <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).81.9 (Epid., i A. D.); [[πολίτευμα]] <span class="title">Catonis</span> <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>6.1.13</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">9.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the concrete of [[πολιτεία]] ''III'', the [[government]], πολίτευμα ἐστὶν ἡ [[πολιτεία]] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1278b11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1279a26</span>, <span class="bibl">1283b31</span>, etc.; [[οἱ ἐν τῷ πολιτεύματι]] = the [[citizen]]s, ib. <span class="bibl">1303b26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1305b34</span>; τὸ τῆς [[δημοκρατία]]ς πολίτευμα <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.172</span>; τὸ πάτριον πολίτευμα <span class="bibl">Plb.5.9.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.25.7</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">πολιτεύματα ἀκέραια, πολιτεύματα σωφρονικά</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.13.12</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.1.41</span>; τὰ πολιτεύματα = [[free republics]], <span class="bibl">D.S.18.69</span>; [[form of government]], [[πολίτεομα]] (sic) εἶναι ἐν Χίῳ δῆμον <span class="title">SIG</span>283.3 (Edict of Alexander, Chios, iv B.C.), cf. Decr.Att. ap. Plu.2.851f. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[citizen rights]], [[citizenship]], ἀξίους τοῦ παρ' ὑμῖν πολιτεύματος <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).517.6 (Larissa, Epist. Philipp. V), etc.: metaph., ἡμῶν τὸ πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὑπάρχει <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>3.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> concrete, [[body of citizens]], τὸ πολίτευμα τὸ Μιλησίων <span class="title">SIG</span>633.59 (Milet., ii B. C.), cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>229.60 (Smyrna, iii B.C.), etc.; [[sovereign]] [[body]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1302b16</span>,<span class="bibl">1332b31</span>; πολίτευμαv δ' ἔστω οἱ μύριοι <span class="title">Abh.Berl.Akad.</span>1925 (5).6 (Cyrene); <b class="b3">πᾶν τὸ πολίτευμα</b> ib.7. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[corporate body of citizens]] [[resident]] in a [[foreign]] [[city]], <b class="b3">Καυνίων τὸ πᾶν τὸ πολίτευμα</b> (at Sidon) <span class="title">OGI</span>592; τὸ πᾶν τὸ πολίτευμα τῶν ἐν Βερενίκῃ Ἰουδαίων <span class="title">CIG</span>5361.21; <b class="b3">τὸ πᾶν τὸ πολίτευμα τῶν Κρητῶν</b> (in Egypt) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>32.17</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[corporate body]], [[association]], τὸ πᾶν τὸ πολίτευμα τῶν γυναικῶν <span class="title">BCH</span>15.182,205 (Panamara); <b class="b3">τὸ πᾶν τὸ πολίτευμα τινός</b> [[found]]ed by a person, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>5793</span> (i A.D.).</span>