δημόσιος belonging to the people or state, Lat. publicus, opp. to ἴδιος, Hdt., Attic:— δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι to be confiscated, Thuc., Plat. as Subst., ὁ δημόσιος (sc. δοῦλος), a public servant, as the public crier, Hdt.; a public notary, Dem. as neut., δημόσιον, ου, τό, the state, Lat. respublica, Hdt., Attic any public building, a public hall, Hdt. the treasury, elsewhere τὸ κοινόν, Dem. the public prison, Thuc. τὰ δημόσια (sc. χρήματα) state-property, Ar. as fem., ἡ δαμοσία (sc. σκηνή) the tent of the Spartan kings, Xen. as adv.: dat. δημοσίαι, Ionic -ίηι, at the public expense, Hdt.; by public consent, Dem.; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the executioner, Dem. neut. pl. δημόσια, at the public cost, Ar.