δημεύω

A. seize as public property, esp. of a citizen's goods, confiscate, Th. 5.60, And. 1.51; πολλὰ δ. διὰ τῶν δικαστηρίων Arist. Pol. 1320a5: abs., D. 8.69,71:—Pass., τὰ δημευόμενα Arist. Ath. 43.4; τῶν ἐκ προνοίας δεδήμευται τὰ ὄντα D. 23.45; later of persons, ἐδημεύθη τὴν οὐσίαν Philostr. VS 2.1.2; δημευθήσεσθαι Hdn. 2.14.3.

II. generally, make public, δεδήμευται κράτος the power is in the hands of the people, E. Cyc. 119:—Pass., also, to be published, Pl. Phlb. 14d, 14e.

III. δεδημευμένα ὀνόματα vulgarized, hackneyed words, Ammon. in Int. 66.3.

IV. = ἐνδημέω, and also, = δημαγωγέω, Hsch.