δημόσιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[δαμόσιος]], δημοσία, δημόσιον (ος, ον Hp. (v. infr.)),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[belong]]ing to the [[people]] or [[state]], κτέανα Xenoph.2.8; τὰδ. Hdt.5.29, Ar.V.554; δ. [[χρήμα]]τα Cratin.171; πλοῦτος Th.1.80; [[χώρα]], opp. [[ἱερά]], [[ἰδία]], Arist.Pol. 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα IG22.1013; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δημόσια, opp. [[ἰδιωτικά]], SIG 1015.9 (Halic.); [[ἀγῶνες]], [[δίκαι]], Aeschin.1.2, Arist.Pol.1320a12; δημόσιος [[λόγος]] = Lat. [[fiscus]], BGU193.27, OGI1669.21; [[δημόσιον εἶναι]] = [[be state property]], [[δημόσιον γίγνεσθαι]] = [[become state property]] [[be confiscated]], Th.2.13, IG22.1100.40 (Hadr.), Pl.Lg.742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν Lys.18.14.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[used by the public]], [[βαλανεῖον|βαλανεῖα]], [[λουτρόν]], Plb.26.1.12, Hdn.1.12.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[common]], [[δημοσιώτατος]] [[τρόπος]], [[δημοσιώτατος]] [[τόπος]], Arist.Top.162a35, SE165a5; δημόσιος κακίη [[epidemic]], Hp.Ep.19 (Hermes 53.67).<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]]:<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[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.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[public victim]], = [[φάρμακος]], Ar.Eq.1136, cf. Sch. ad loc.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[harlot]], [[prostitute]], Procop.Arc.9 (cf. Sapph.148).<br><span class="bld">III</span> neut., [[δημόσιον]], τό, the [[state]], Hdt.1.14, Aeschin.3.58; [[οἱ ἐκ δημοσίου]] = [[public officials]], X. Lac.3.3.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[public building]], [[hall]], Hdt.6.52.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[treasury]] = τὸ [[κοινόν]], [[ἀργύριον]] ὀφείλοντες τῷ δημοσίῳ And.1.73, cf. D.21.182, Din.2.2; ὁ ἐκ δημοσίου [[μισθός]] Th.6.31; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή Pl.R.465d; τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δημόσιον BGU1188.12 (Aug.), 1158.18 (i B. C.).<br><span class="bld">d</span> [[the public prison]], Th.5.18.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[τὰ δημόσια]] = [[public archives]], OGI229.108 (Smyrna).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[public dues]], [[taxes]], in plural, PLond.3.938.11 (iii A. D.), BGU1018.21 (iii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">V</span> as adverb:<br><span class="bld">1</span> dat. [[δημοσίᾳ]], Ion. [[δημοσίῃ]] = [[at the public expense]], [[in public]] Hdt.1.30, Ar.Av.396, etc.; [[by public consent]], D.21.50; [[on public service]], [[δημοσίᾳ]] [[ἀποδημεῖν]] Id.45.3; [[δημοσίᾳ]] [[κρίνειν]] = [[try]] [[in the public courts]], And.1.105; [[δημοσίᾳ]] [[τεθνάναι]] = to [[die]] [[by the hands of the public executioner]], D.45.81.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[as a community]], opp. [[ἰδίᾳ]], Pl.Ap.30b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[commonly]], [[popularly]], [[τὰ δημόσια]] νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά Luc.Nigr.4.<br><span class="bld">4</span> regul. Adv. [[δημοσίως]] A.D. Adv.151.12; [[on public business]], καταπλεῦσαι SIG520.7 (Naxos, iii B. C.).