δημότης

A. one of the people, commoner, opp. a man of rank, Tyrt. 4.5, Hdt. 2.172, 5.11, X. Cyr. 2.3.7; ἄνδρα δ. S. Aj. 1071; δ. ὅμιλος Ar. Pax 921; δ. τε καὶ ξένος E. Supp. 895; δημόται καὶ πένητες X. Mem. 1.2.58:—fem. δημότις, ιδος, opp. βασίλισσα, Plb. 22.20.2: pl., opp. εὐγενέσταται, D.C. 62.15.

2. = ἰδιώτης, γνωστὰ λέγειν δημότῃσι speak popularly, Hp. VM 2, cf. Acut. 8; ἀμαθίη τῶν δ. Id. Art. 67.

II. one of the same people, fellow-citizen, Pi. N. 7.65, E. Alc. 1057.

III. at Athens and elsewhere, member of a deme or of the same deme, S. OC 78, Susario 1, Pl. Ap. 33e, D. 18.261, IG 22.1172, etc.; φράτερας καὶ δ. Cratin.Jun. 9:—so fem. δημότις, ιδος, Ar. Lys. 333, Theoc. 28.22.