δῆμος
δῆμος, Dor.
δᾶμος (cf. infr. IV),
ὁ,
A). district, country, land, Βοιωτοὶ μάλα πίονα δ. ἔχοντες Il. 5.710 ;
Λυκίης ἐν πίονι δ. 16.437 , cf.
Od. 13.322 , etc.;
’Ιθάκης ἐνὶ δ. 1.103 ;
δήμῳ ἔνι Τρώων 13.266 ;
λαοὶ ἀνὰ δῆμον 16.95 : metaph.,
δῆμος ὀνείρων the land of dreams,
24.12 .
II). hence (since the common people lived in the country, the chiefs in the city),
the commons, common people, δήμου ἀνήρ, opp.
βασιλεύς, ἔξοχος ἀνήρ, etc.,
Il. 2.198 ,
188 , cf.
11.328 ,
Hes. Op. 261 ,
Hdt. 5.66 ,
Act.Ap. 12.22 , etc. (rarely of a single person,
δῆμον ἐόντα being
a commoner, Il. 12.213 ); opp.
οἱ εὐδαίμονες, Hdt. 1.196 ; opp.
οἱ παχέες, Id. 5.30 ; opp.
οἱ δυνατοί, Th. 5.4 ;
οἱ .. ἐπαναστάντες τοῖς δυνατοῖς καὶ ὄντες δῆμος Id. 8.73 ; = Lat.
plebs, D.H. 6.88 , etc.;
τοῦ πολλοῦ δ. εἷς unus de plebe, Luc. Sat. 2 ;
τοῦ δ. ὤν Id. Gall. 22 ; in an army,
rank and file, opp. officers,
ὁ δ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν X. Cyr. 6.1.14 .
III). in a political sense,
the sovereign people, the free citizens, A. Th. 199 ,
1011 , etc.;
ὁ δ. ὁ Ἀθηναίων IG 12.10.37 , etc.;
προστάτης τοῦ δήμου Th. 6.35 , etc.; personified,
Ar. Eq. 42 , al.;
ἱερεὺς τοῦ Δ. καὶ τῶν Χαρίτων IG 22.1028 .
2). popular government, democracy, opp.
ὀλιγαρχίη, Hdt. 3.82 ; opp.
οἱ τύραννοι, And. 1.106 ;
πολίτεομα εἶναι ἐν Χίῳ δ. SIG 283.4 (iv B. C.);
δήμου κατάλυσις X. HG 2.3.28 ,
Arist. Ath. 8.4 ;
ταῦτα καταλύει δῆμον, οὐ κωμῳδία Philippid. 25.7 ;
δ. καταστῆσαι, καταπαύειν, X. HG 7.3.3 ,
Th. 1.107 : in pl.,
democracies, Id. 3.82 ,
D. 20.15 ;
δ. ὁ ἔσχατος Arist. Pol. 1277b3 .
3). the popular assembly, λέγειν ἐν τῷ δ. Pl. R. 565b ;
ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δ., formula in Inscrr., as
IG 12.39 , etc.; of the
assembly of Oxyrhynchus,
POxy. 41.19 (iii/iv A. D.),
1407.19 (iii A. D.).
IV). township, commune ( = Dor.
κώμη acc. to
Arist. Po. 1448a37 ; but
διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους Isoc. 7.46 , cf.
Pl. Lg. 746d , and v. infr.), in Attica,
Hdt. 5.69 ,
Arist. Ath. 21.5 ,
Str. 9.1.16 ,
IG 12.76.9 , al.; elsewh., ib.
12(5).594 (Ceos),
Phib. 1.28.13 (iii A. D.),
OGI 49.14 (Ptolemais), etc.:— Dor.
δᾶμος,
Michel 418.34 (Calymna),
IG 12(1).58.23 (Lindos): in indications of origin,
Σωφάνης ἐκ δ. Δεκελεῆθεν Hdt. 9.73 ;
δήμου Ἁλαιεύς Antiph. 211 ;
τῶν δήμων Πιτθεύς Pl. Euthphr. 2b ;
τῶν δ. Θορίκιος D. 39.30 , cf.
Arist. Ath. 21.4 ;
ἐπιγράψαι τοὺς βουλευτὰς πατρόθεν καὶ τοῦ δ. IG 22.223B4 : metaph.,
οἱ τῆς θαλάσσης δ. Philostr. Gym. 44 .
VI). faction in the circus, Tab.Defix.Aud. 15.8 (Syria, iii A. D.).
VII). = κατανάγκη , Ps.- Dsc. 4.131 . (Perh. cognate with Skt. dā´ti 'reap', δαίομαι, δατέομαι.)
ShortDef
people; (originally) a country-district, country, land
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δῆμος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δῆμος</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">δᾶμος</span> (cf. infr. IV), <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">district, country, land,</span> <span class="quote greek">Βοιωτοὶ μάλα πίονα δ. ἔχοντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:710" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.710/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.710 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Λυκίης ἐν πίονι δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:437" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.437/canonical-url/"> 16.437 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.322 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">’Ιθάκης ἐνὶ δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.103/canonical-url/"> 1.103 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δήμῳ ἔνι Τρώων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.266/canonical-url/"> 13.266 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λαοὶ ἀνὰ δῆμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.95/canonical-url/"> 16.95 </a> : metaph., <span class="foreign greek">δῆμος ὀνείρων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the land</span> of dreams, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.12/canonical-url/"> 24.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">people, inhabitants</span> of such a district, <span class="quote greek">πόληΐ τε παντί τε δήμῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.50 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:271" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg002.perseus-grc1:271/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Cer.</span> 271 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Βακτρίων ἔρρει πανώλης δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:732" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:732/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 732 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> hence (since the common people lived in the country, the chiefs in the city), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the commons, common people,</span> <span class="foreign greek">δήμου ἀνήρ,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">βασιλεύς, ἔξοχος ἀνήρ,</span> etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.198 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:188" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:188/canonical-url/"> 188 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.328/canonical-url/"> 11.328 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:261" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:261/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 261 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.66 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:12:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:12.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 12.22 </a>, etc. (rarely of a single person, <span class="foreign greek">δῆμον ἐόντα</span> being <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a commoner,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:213" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.213/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.213 </a>); opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ εὐδαίμονες,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.196 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ παχέες,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.30 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ δυνατοί,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἱ .. ἐπαναστάντες τοῖς δυνατοῖς καὶ ὄντες δῆμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.73 </a> ; = Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plebs,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:6:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:6.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 6.88 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ πολλοῦ δ. εἷς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unus de plebe,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg055:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg055:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sat.</span> 2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ δ. ὤν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gall.</span> 22 </a> ; in an army, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rank and file,</span> opp. officers, <span class="quote greek">ὁ δ. τῶν στρατιωτῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.14 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="quote greek">δ. ἰχθύων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:206:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:206.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 206.7 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τυράννων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:1:15:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:1:15:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VS</span> 1.15.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πιθήκων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:3.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VA</span> 3.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀρνέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in a political sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the sovereign people, the free citizens,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:199" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:199/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 199 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1011" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1011/canonical-url/"> 1011 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ δ. ὁ Ἀθηναίων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.10.37 </span> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">προστάτης τοῦ δήμου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.35 </a> , etc.; personified, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 42 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">ἱερεὺς τοῦ Δ. καὶ τῶν Χαρίτων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1028 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">popular government, democracy,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὀλιγαρχίη,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.82 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ τύραννοι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.106 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πολίτεομα εἶναι ἐν Χίῳ δ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 283.4 </span> (iv B. C.); <span class="quote greek">δήμου κατάλυσις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:3:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:3:28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 2.3.28 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:8.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 8.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ταῦτα καταλύει δῆμον, οὐ κωμῳδία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0490.tlg001:25:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0490.tlg001:25.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philippid.</span> 25.7 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δ. καταστῆσαι, καταπαύειν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:3:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:3:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 7.3.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:107" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.107/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.107 </a>: in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">democracies,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.82 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 20.15 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δ. ὁ ἔσχατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1277b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1277b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1277b3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the popular assembly,</span> <span class="quote greek">λέγειν ἐν τῷ δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:565b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 565b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δ.,</span> formula in Inscrr., as <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.39 </span>, etc.; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assembly</span> of Oxyrhynchus, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 41.19 </span> (iii/iv A. D.), <span class="bibl"> 1407.19 </span> (iii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">township, commune</span> ( = Dor. <span class="foreign greek">κώμη</span> acc. to <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1448a:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1448a.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1448a37 </a>; but <span class="quote greek">διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg018.perseus-grc1:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 7.46 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:746d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:746d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 746d </a>, and v. infr.), in Attica, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.69 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 21.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 9.1.16 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.76.9 </span>, al.; elsewh., ib.<span class="bibl"> 12(5).594 </span> (Ceos), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phib.</span> 1.28.13 </span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 49.14 </span> (Ptolemais), etc.:— Dor. <span class="orth greek">δᾶμος</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Michel</span> 418.34 </span> (Calymna), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(1).58.23 </span> (Lindos): in indications of origin, <span class="quote greek">Σωφάνης ἐκ δ. Δεκελεῆθεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.73 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δήμου Ἁλαιεύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 211 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν δήμων Πιτθεύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthphr.</span> 2b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν δ. Θορίκιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg039.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg039.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 39.30 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:21.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 21.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπιγράψαι τοὺς βουλευτὰς πατρόθεν καὶ τοῦ δ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.223B4 </span> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">οἱ τῆς θαλάσσης δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg007:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg007:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gym.</span> 44 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> name for a prostitute, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:184" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:184/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 184 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">faction</span> in the circus, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tab.Defix.Aud.</span> 15.8 </span> (Syria, iii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VII).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">κατανάγκη</span> , Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.131 </span>. (Perh. cognate with Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dā´ti</span> \'reap\', <span class="foreign greek">δαίομαι, δατέομαι.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}