δημοικός

A. of or for the people, in common use, δ. γράμματα in Egypt, opp. ἱρά, Hdt. 2.36; οἶνος Plu. Mar. 44; of opinions and the like , ὑπόληψις popular, Arist. Metaph. 989a11; common, ordinary, ὀνόματα Luc. Hist.Conscr. 22; ὕλη Max.Tyr. 10.7; πράγματα μικρὰ καὶ δ. Plu. 2.408c.

2. = δημόσιος, τὰ ‐κά public affairs, Alciphr. 1.4; δ. λειτουργία PSI 1.86 (iv A. D.).

II. of the populace, one of them, D. 21.209. Adv. ‐κῶς, ἐσταλμένος Luc. Scyth. 5.

2. on the popular or democratic side, τὸ σόφισμα δ. Ar. Nu. 205; ὄρνεα δ. Id. Av. 1584; τὴν οὐ δ. παρανομίαν Th. 6.28; opp. ὀλιγαρχικός, Isoc. 16.37; λέγεις πόσα δεῖ προσεῖναι τῷ δ. D. 18.122; οὐδὲν δ. πράττειν to do nothing for the people, X. HG 2.3.39; δ. συκοφάνται Isoc. 8.133: generally, popular, δ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος X. Mem. 1.2.60; τῶν μετρίων τινὰ καὶ δ. D. 21.183; δημοτικὸν τοῦτο δρᾷ Antiph. 190.19: hence, generous, kindly, affable, X. Mem. 1.2.60; δ. τι καὶ πρᾶον Pl. Euthd. 303d; πρᾶός τις καὶ δ. Plb. 10.26.1; δ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα Plu. Oth. 1. Adv. ‐κῶς affably, kindly, καλῶς καὶ δ. D. 24.59; φιλανθρώπως καὶ δ. ib.24: Comp. ‐ώτερον Plu. Demetr. 42.

3. of governments, popular, democratic, πολιτεία Arist. Pol. 1292b13: Comp. ‐ώτερα Id. Ath. 22.1.

4. δ. δικαστήριον trying suits between citizens, SIG 286.17 (Milet., iv B. C.).

5. Adv. χρῆσθαι ἀλλήλοις δ. in a spirit of equality, Arist. Pol. 1308a11; δ. πεπαιδευμένοι ib.1310a17; δ. ἐρίζειν like a free and independent citizen, Luc. Ner. 9.

III. of or belonging to a deme, opp. δημόσιος, Lexap. D. 43.71; ἱερά Hsch. s.v. δημοτελῆ.