δήμιος
demios
belonging to the people
Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
δήμιος, Dor. δάμ-, ον (α, ον Ch. 57 (lyr.), δημίην· πόρνην (), ): (δῆμος):—A. belonging to the people, οἶκος Od. 20.264; αἰσυμνῆται δ. judges elected by the people, 8.259; πρῆξις δʼ ἥδʼ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος not public, 3.82; δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; 4.314, cf. 2.32: epith. of Hestia at Paros, IG 12(5).238 (v B. C.): neut. pl. as Adv., δήμια πίνειν at the public cost, 11.17.250; τὸ δ. the sovereign people, Supp. 370, 699 (lyr.). II. ὁ δ. (sc. δοῦλος) public executioner, Ec. 81, R. 439e, 13.56, 2.126, etc. (δάμιος μαστίκτωρ in Eu. 160 (lyr.)); ὁ κοινὸς δ. Lg. 872b. 2. public physician, πτωχὸς ἦν καζ δ. 4.13. III. δημίαι πύλαι, perh. a mistake for Διομῇσι,
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