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δημοτικός

demotikos

of

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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δημοτικός, ή, όν, 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, Lex ap. D. 43.71; ἱερά Hsch. s.v. δημοτελῆ.
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