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δημιουργός

demiourgos

one who works for the people, skilled workman, handicraftsman

Appears 110 times across Plato's dialogues.

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δημιουργός, Ep. δημιοεργός (also Hdt. 7.31 codd.), ὁ, A. one who works for the people, skilled workman, handicraftsman (opp. ἰδιώτης, Pl. Plt. 298c, Prt. 327c, Ion 531c), Od. 17.383, 19.135; ἐχάλκευσεν ξίφος . . ᾍδης δ. ἄγριος S. Aj. 1035; of medical practitioners, Hp. VM 1, Pl. Smp. 186d; but opp. scientific physicians (ἀρχιτεκτονικοί), Arist. Pol. 1282a3; of sculptors, Pl. R. 529e; of confectioners and cooks, Hdt. 7.31, Men. 518.12 (fem.), Antiph. 225, Alexandr.Com.3; μέλιτος δ., of the bee, Jul. Or. 8.241a; οἱ δ. the artisan class at Athens, Arist. Ath. 13.2, Plu. Thes. 25; opp. πολιτικοί, Pl. Ap. 23e; δαμιουργοί, = πόρναι, Hsch. 2. metaph., maker, ἡ μαντικὴ φιλίας θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων δ. Pl. Smp. 188d; νόμων, πολιτείας, Arist. Pol. 1273b32; λόγων Aeschin. 3.215; δ. κακῶν author of ill, E. Fr. 1059.7; πειθοῦς δ. ἡ ῥητορική Pl. Grg. 453a; ἀρετῆς Id. R. 500d, Arist. Pol. 1329a21; ἐναργείας Demetr. Eloc. 215; ὄρθρος δημιοεργός morn that calls man to work, h.Merc. 98. 3. creator, producer, νυκτός τε καὶ ἡμέρας Pl. Ti. 40c; οὐρανοῦ Id. R. 530a; esp. in later philosophy, the Creator of the visible world, Demiurge, [Philol.]21, Hp. Ep. 23, Ph. 1.632, etc.; ὁ νοῦς ἀπεκύησε ἕτερον νοῦν δ. Corp.Herm. 1.9; also name for μονάς, Theol.Ar. 5.24: as Adj., δ. λόγος creative reason, Syrian. in Metaph. 7.27. II. in many Greek states, title of a magistrate, Th. 5.47 (Mantinea), Epist. Philipp. ap. D. 18.157 (Peloponnesus), Plb. 23.5.16 (Achaean League), etc.:—Dor. δαμιωργός, IG 12(3).174 (Astypalaea); δαμιουργός, ib. 4.679 (Hermione); δαμιοργός, ib.5(1).1390.116 (Andania, i B. C.); δαμιεργός, ib.12(3).168 (Astypalaea):—Ion. δημιοργός, ib.12(7).241 (Amorgos), Michel 368.1 (Samos).—In Arist. Pol. 1275b29 there is a play upon the double meaning. III. as a priestly title, δ. θεᾶς Ῥώμης BGU 937.9 (iii A. D.).
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