δημόσιος

A. belonging to the people or state, κτέανα Xenoph. 2.8; τὰδ. Hdt. 5.29, Ar. V. 554; δ. χρήματα Cratin. 171; πλοῦτος Th. 1.80; χώρα, opp. ἱερά, ἰδία, Arist. Pol. 1267b34; ἡ δ. τράπεζα IG 22.1013; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opp. ἰδιωτικά, SIG 1015.9 (Halic.); ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, Aeschin. 1.2, Arist. Pol. 1320a12; δ. λόγος, = Lat. fiscus, BGU 193.27, OGI 1669.21; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, Th. 2.13, IG 22.1100.40 (Hadr.), Pl. Lg. 742b, etc.; γῆν δ. ποιεῖν Lys. 18.14.

b. used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, Plb. 26.1.12, Hdn. 1.12.4.

2. common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, Arist. Top. 162a35, SE 165a5; δημόσιος κακίη epidemic, Hp. Ep. 19 (Hermes 53.67).

II. as Subst.:

a. 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.).

b. public victim, = φάρμακος, Ar. Eq. 1136, cf. Sch. ad loc.

c. harlot, prostitute, Procop. Arc. 9 (cf. Sapph. 148).

III. neut., δημόσιον,τό, the state, Hdt. 1.14, Aeschin. 3.58; οἱ ἐκ δ. public officials, X. Lac. 3.3.

b. public building, hall, Hdt. 6.52.

c. treasury, = τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ. And. 1.73, cf. D. 21.182, Din. 2.2; ὁ ἐκ δ. μισθός Th. 6.31; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή Pl. R. 465d; τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δ. BGU 1188.12 (Aug.), 1158.18 (i B. C.).

d. the public prison, Th. 5.18.

2. τὰ δ. public archives, OGI 229.108 (Smyrna).

b. public dues, taxes, in pl., PLond. 3.938.11 (iii A. D.), BGU 1018.21 (iii A. D.).

IV. fem., δαμοσία (sc. σκηνή), ἡ, tent of the Spartan kings: hence οἱ περὶ δαμοσίαν the king's council, X. HG 4.5.8, Lac. 13.7.

V. as Adv.:

1. dat. δημοσία, Ion. ‐ίῃ, at the public expense, Hdt. 1.30, Ar. Av. 396, etc.; by public consent, D. 21.50; on public service, δ. ἀποδημεῖν Id. 45.3; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, And. 1.105; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, D. 45.81.

2. as a community, opp. ἰδίᾳ, Pl. Ap. 30b.

3. commonly, popularly, τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά Luc. Nigr. 4.

4. regul. Adv. ‐ίως A.D. Adv. 151.12; on public business, καταπλεῦσαι SIG 520.7 (Naxos, iii B. C.).