2. making, creating, “ζῴων” Pl.Ti.41c, etc.; “δ. ἔκ τινος” Id.Plt.280c; creative activity, “μεριστὴ δ.” Jul.Or.5.179b, al.; the creation, ἡ φανερὰ δ. ib.4.144b; “ὁ κόσμος ὅδε καὶ ἁπλῶς ἡ δ.” Dam.Pr.283.
3. physical function, Arist.HA489a13.
4. δ. τῶν τεχνῶν handling or practising them, Pl.Smp.197a.
II. the office of δημιουργός, OGI578.12 (pl., Tarsus), etc.: generally, magistracy, office, Arist.Pol.1310b22 (pl.).