A.“-σω” Th.1.19, X.HG2.3.2:—to be a citizen or freeman, live in a free state, Th.2.46, 3.34,4.114, X.An.3.2.26; “οἴκοι π.” SIG306.21 (Tegea, iv B. C.); “π. παρά τισι” X.HG1.5.19; πεπολιτευκὼρ πὰρ ἁμέ, = μετοικῶν, Schwyzer 425.5 (Elis, iii/ii B.C.); κατὰ νόμους π., opp. monarchy, Plb.4.76.2: more freq. in Med., v. infr.
2. have a certain form of government, administer the state, “κατ᾽ ὀλιγαρχίαν π.” Th.1.19, 3.62; “π. ὥσπερ εἰώθεσαν” Id.4.130; “κατὰ τὰ ἴδια κέρδη π.” Id.2.65; “πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον κέρδος” X.HG1.4.13; “ἐλευθέρως τὰ πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν π.” Th.2.37:—Pass., of the state, to be governed, “τὰς εὖ -ευομένας πόλεις” Isoc.6.35, cf. Pl.R.427a, etc.; “ἄνευ ὁμονοίας οὔτ᾽ ἂν πόλις εὖ -ευθείη” X. Mem.4.4.16; τὰ πεπολιτευμένα αὐτοῖς the measures of their administration, D.1.28; “τὰ κοινῇ πεπ.” Id.18.8, cf. Isoc.16.45, etc.
b. Pass., in Law, to be customary, “τὸ μέχρι νῦν -ευόμενον” Just.Nov.73.8.2, cf. 52 Praef.; ἡ -ευομένη τῆς ἀρτάβης (sc. τιμή) customary price, PGiss. 105.7 (v A.D.).
3. Pass., to be made a citizen, “τοὺς ἐπὶ Τέλωνος πολιτευθέντας” D.S.11.72.
B. most freq. in Med., fut. “πολιτεύσομαι” Ar.Eq.1365, X.Ath. 3.9: aor. “ἐπολιτευσάμην” And.2.10, D.18.207; also Pass. “ἐπολιτεύθην” Th.6.92, Lys.26.5, (ἐν-) Isoc.5.5, etc.: pf. “πεπολίτευμαι” Lys.25.10, D.13.35, etc.:—like the Act., live as a free citizen, chiefly in Prose (once in E. (v. infr.), twice in Ar. (v. infr.)); “π. μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν” And. l. c.; “ἐν δημοκρατίᾳ” X.Cyr.1.1.1, etc.; “ἐν ἐλευθερίᾳ καὶ νόμοις ἐξ ἴσου” D.10.4; opp. μετοικέω, Lys.12.20; “ἐν εἰρήνῃ” X.HG2.4.22; “ἀδίκως πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους π.” Lys.14.42; “εἰ πένης . . λαὸς πολιτεύοιτο πλουσίων ἄτερ” E.Fr.21.
II. take part in the government, Critias 45 D., Th.2.15 (as v.l.), Nausiph.2, Hyp.Eux.27, D.18.18; meddle with politics, Pl.R.561d; opp. ἰδιωτεύειν, Aeschin.1.195; hold public office, show public spirit, IG4.858 (Methana, cf. Glotta14.78), SIG850.14 (Epist. Antonini Pii), etc.
2. c. acc., administer, govern, “ἅπαντα” Ar.Lys.573; “τὰ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς πολιτεύεσθαι” D.10.74; “ἃ καὶ πεποίηκα καὶ πεπολίτευμαι” Id.18.4; οὐ τὰ βέλτιστα π. ib.207; π. πόλεμον ἐκ πολέμου make perpetual war the principle of government, Aeschin.2.177: abs., conduct the government, Ar.Eq.1365; “κατὰ συμμορίας” D. 2.29; “διὰ τοὺς ἀδίκως -ομένους ἐν τῇ ὀλιγαρχίᾳ δημοκρατία γίγνεται” Lys.25.27; “τοῖς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πεπολιτευμένοις” D.2.4; οἱ πολιτευόμενοι the ministers, Id.3.30, 24.157.
III. have a certain form of government, “τοὺς ἄριστα τῶν ἄλλων πολιτευομένους” Isoc.3.24; “ἡμῶν ἐγγὺς π.” Pl.R.568b; κατὰ τὰ πάτρια π. Decr. ap. And.1.83; οἱ τὴν ἄνισον πολιτείαν πολιτευόμενοι, i. e. those living in an oligarchy or a tyranny, Aeschin.1.5.
IV. serve as curialis, Mitteis Chr.97i18 (iv A. D.), PLips.62i2 (iv A. D.), POxy.2106.19 (iv A.D.), etc.
V. in Law, execute according to custom, “διαθήκας” Just.Nou.66.1 Intr.