A.one who works for the people, skilled workman, handicraftsman (opp. ἰδιώτης, Pl. Plt.298c, Prt.327c, Ion531c), Od.17.383, 19.135; “ἐχάλκευσε ξίφος . . Αιδης δ. ἄγριος” S.Aj.1035; of medical practitioners, Hp.VM1, 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 , IG12(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), Michel368.1 (Samos).—In Arist.Pol.1275b29 there is a play upon the double meaning.