δημιουργέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(cf. ''ΙΙ''. infr.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[practise a handicraft]], Pl.''Plt.''288d, etc.; τινί for one, Id.''Lg.''846e, ''R.'' 342e: metaph., ἡ δημιουργήσασα φύσις [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''645a9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[work at]], [[fabricate]] Pl.''Plt.''288e; ἡ φύσις οὐδὲν δ. μάτην Arist.''IA''711a18, cf. ''PA''647b5; <b class="b3">δημιουργέω τὸν υἱὸν εἰς ἀρετήν</b> to [[train]] him to... Plu.''Cat.Ma.''20:—Pass., [[δημιουργοῦμαι]], [[δημιουργέομαι]] = to [[be wrought]] or [[be fabricated]], Pl.''R.''414d, al.; [[τὰ δημιουργούμενα]] = [[products of arts and crafts]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1094b14.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of [[divine]] [[power]], [[create]], τὸν ὁρατὸν κόσμον Ph.1.4; ὁ [[δημιουργῶν]] [[θεός]] Numen. ap. Eus.''PE''11.18.6, cf. Dam.''Pr.''304, etc.:—Pass., Procl.''Inst.''207.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[hold office]] of [[δημιουργός]], ''CIG''4415b (Iotapata), etc.; of a woman, ''Supp.Epigr.''1.393 (Samos, i B. C.); δαμιοργέοντος Μίκκωνος ''IG''9(1).330 (Locr.); to [[be a civil official]], opp. [[στρατηγέω]], Artem.2.22.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. acc., [[administer]], δαμιουργεόντων τὰ ἱερά ''IG''9(1).32.44 (Stiris).