A.condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, Hdt.9.34, Th.6.104, etc.; “π. δοῦναί τινι” X.HG1.2.10: pl., grants of citizenship, Arist.Ath.54.3.
2. the daily life of a citizen, And.2.10, D. 19.184; “ἐν εἰρήνῃ καὶ π.” Id.20.122; life, living, “ἡ ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ π.” Plb.18.43.6; so perh. Ep.Eph.2.12.
3. concrete, body of citizens, Arist.Pol. 1292a34.
4. = Lat. civitas in geographical sense, SIG888.118 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.), Mitteis Chr.78.6 (iv A. D.), etc.
II. government, administration, Ar.Eq.219, X.Mem.3.9.15, etc.; “ἄγειν τὴν π.” Th.1.127; “πρασύτατα καὶ ἀσελγέστατα τῇ π. κεχρῆσθαι” Hyp.Eux.29; course of policy, “τῇ π. καὶ τοῖς ψηφίσμασι” D.18.87, cf. 9.3 (pl.), 18.263; “ἡ Κλεοφῶντος π.” Aeschin.3.150; “ἡ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ὁμιλία καὶ π.” Str.16.2.46: pl., acts of policy, J.Vit.65.
2. tenure of public office, “πᾶσαν π. ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτελέσαι” IG4.716.6 (Hermione); “ἐν τοῖς τῆς π. χρόνοις” IPE12.32B76 (Olbia, iii B. C.).
III. civil polity, constitution of a state, Antipho 3.2.1, Th.2.37, etc.; “τὴν ἐλευθερίαν . . , μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ τὰς π.” D.18.65; form of gouernment, Pl.R.562a, etc.; “ὁμολογοῦνται τρεῖς εἶναι π., τυραννὶς καὶ ὀλιγαρχία καὶ δημοκρατία” Aeschin.1.4, cf. Arist.Pol.1293a37, etc.; “αἱ τέτταρες π.” Pl.R.544b; “ἥτις ἂν π. συμφέρῃ” Lys.25.8; “π. ἐστὶ τάξις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἡ περὶ τὰς ἀρχάς” Arist.Pol.1289a15, cf. 1274b26 (pl.), 1289b27 (pl.); ὅπου μὴ νόμοι ἄρχουσιν οὐκ ἔστι π. ib.1292a32; τὴν ἀρίστην πολιτεύεσθαι π. ib.1288b31, cf. X.Ath.1.1, etc.
2. esp. republican government, free common-wealth, Arist.EN1160a34, Pol. 1293b22; ὅταν δὲ τὸ πλῆθος πρὸς τὸ κοινὸν πολιτεύηται συμφέρον, καλεῖται π. ib.1279a39; “ἄπιστον ταῖς π. ἡ τυραννίς” D.1.5; “οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλεῖς ταῖς π. αἱ πρὸς τοὺς τυράννους . . ὁμιλίαι” Id.6.21; “τοὺς τὰς π. μεθιστάντας εἰς ὀλιγαρχίαν” Id.15.20; “ταῖς μὲν π. πολεμοῦσι τὰς δὲ μοναρχίας συγκαθιστᾶσι” Isoc.4.125; “ἔστι δήμου ἡ π. βίος” Plu.2.826c.
