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πολι_τ-ι^κός , ή, όν,
A.of, for, or relating to citizens,σύλλογοςPl.Grg.452e; “οἶκοιIsoc.2.21; αἱ π. λειτουργίαι, opp. αἱ τῶν μετοίκων, D.20.18; π. κοινωνία, βίος, Arist.Pol.1252a7, 1254b30; “π. νόμοςIG9 (1).32.22 (Stiris, ii B. C.), PHal.1.79, cf. PPetr.3p.49 (iii B. C.), Mitteis Chr.31 vii 9 (ii B. C.); π. χώρα, Lat. ager publicus, Plb.6.45.3; “παῖδες π.IG14.748 (Naples); χορὸς π. ib.7.1776 (Helice); at Rome, π. στρατηγία office of praetor urbanus (i. e. qui inter cives ius dicit), Plu.Brut. 7. Adv. -κῶς, κινεῖν bring a civil action, Cod.Just.4.20.13.1.
b. in a town, π. τόπος a city site, POxy.2109.8 (iii A. D.).
c. πολιτικός, , official, PTeb.208 (i B. C.), Sammelb.286 (pl.), POxy.34 iii 10 (pl., ii A. D.), etc.
2. befitting a citizen, civic, civil,ἰσονομίαTh.3.82; “σχῆμα π. τοῦ λόγουId.8.89; “ἀγῶνεςX.Mem.2.6.26; “π. ἀρετήId.Lac. 10.7; -ωτάτη ἔρις ib.4.5; τὰ πολιτικά civil affairs, opp. τὰ πολεμικά, Id.Eq.2.1, cf. Hier.9.5; “πολιτικωτέρα ἐγένετο ὀλιγαρχίαmore constitutionly, Arist.Pol.1305b10; π. ἀρχή, opp. δεσποτική, ib.1254b4; observant of social order, Plb.34.14.2. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν act like a citizen, in a constitutional manner, Isoc.4.79; οὐδὲ κοινῶς οὐδὲ π. ἐβίωσαν ib. 151; “οὐκ ἴσως οὐδὲ π.D.10.74; οὕτω . . ἀρχαίως εἶχον, μᾶλλον δὲ π. the Greek states were so much like members of one state, Id.9.48; π. ἄρχειν, opp. βασιλικῶς, Arist.Pol.1259b1; opp. δεσποτικῶς, ib. 1324a37; of animals, “πολιτικώτερον χρῶνται τοῖς ἀπογόνοιςmore socially, Id.HA 589a2: hence,
b. civil, courteous, Plb.23.5.7. Adv. civilly, courteously,πράως καὶ π. μεμψιμοιρεῖνId.18.48.7.
3. consisting of citizens or of one's fellow-citizens, τὸ πολιτικόν the community, Hdt.7.103, cf. Th.8.93; τὸ π. στράτευμα, opp. τὸ τῶν συμμάχων, X.HG4.4.19: without στράτευμα, ib.5.3.25, etc.; “αἱ π. δυνάμειςAeschin.3.98; opp. οἱ σύμμαχοι, D.18.237, cf. 9.48; π. δικαστήριον a court composed of locally appointed citizens, opp. ξενικὸν δ. (one composed of foreigners invited from abroad), SIG306.28 (Tegea, iv B. C.), 976.9 (Samos, ii B. C.); “οἱ π. ἱππεῖς καὶ πεζοίPlb.1.9.4, cf. D.S.19.106; τὰ π. σώματα prob. cj. for τὰ πολεμικὰ ς. in Plb.4.52.7, cf. SIG588.64 (Milet., ii B. C.); “σῶμα π.IG12(7).386.25 (Aegiale, iii B. C.); οἱ π., = οἱ πολῖται, ib.22.2316.54.
5. secular, opp. ecclesiastical, “πρόσοδοιSIG459.6 (Beroea, iii B. C.), cf. 526.35 (Itanus, iii B. C.), OGI267.29 (Pergam., iii B. C.); οἱ π. the laity, Lyd. Mens.3.10.
II. of or befitting a statesman, statesmanlike,δεινότητεςNausiph.2; ψυχαὶ -ώτεραι, opp. οἰκονομικώτεραι, X.Cyr.2.2.14, cf. Pl.Alc.1.133e; “ πολιτικόςthe statesman, Arist.Pol.1252a7, 1274b36, 1276a34; also, title of a dialogue by Plato.
III. belonging to the state or its administration, political,οἰκείων καὶ π. ἐπιμέλειαTh. 2.40; “τέχνη π.Democr.157, Pl.Prt.319a, Grg.521d; π. ἐπιστήμη, π., the science of politics, opp. οἰκονομική, βασιλική, Id.Plt.259c, 303e (in Arist. politics includes ethics, EN1094b11, Rh.1356a27, and is divided into πολιτική (proper) καὶ οἰκονομία καὶ φρόνησις, EE1218b13, cf. EN1141b23 sq.); “π. πράγματαIsoc.4.113; “πράξειςPl.Hp.Ma. 281c; “φρόνησιςArist.EN1141b26; λόγος, title of work by Antipho Soph., Hermog.Id.2.11, etc.; τὰ π. public matters,γνῶναιTh.2.40, cf. 6.15,89; “πράττειν τὰ π.Pl.Grg.521d, cf. Ap.31d, etc.; but τὰ π. βλάπτειν prejudice the weal of the state, Id.R.407d.
2. civil, municipal, opp. natural or general, “οὐ γὰρ ἐκ π. αἰτίαςD.21.218.
IV. generally, having relation to public life, political, public, opp. κατ᾽ ἰδίας, Th.8.89; “π. τιμαίX.Mem.2.6.24; λόγοι civil oratory, Isoc.15.46, D.H.Comp.1, al.; “τίς π. καὶ κοινὴ βοήθεια;D.18.311. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον, litteraeπ.scriptae Cic.Att.5.12.2.
V. suited to a citizen's common life, ordinary,κάνναθρονX.Ages.8.7; belonging to common usage,τῶν ὀνομάτων τὰ π.Isoc.9.10; drawn from ordinary life,παραδείγματαGal.5.221; τὰς π. . . χρείας [τοῦ σκέλους] ordinary, opp. wrestling and dancing, Id.2.299; π., opp. ποιητής, Phryn.45. Adv. -κῶς, λέγειν, opp. ῥητορικῶς, Arist.Po.1450b7; “ὁρίζεσθαιId.Pol. 1275b25; “ἑρμηνεύεινGal.18(1).415.
VI. πολιτική, , concubine, mistress, PGrenf.2.73 (iii A. D.), POxy.903.37 (iv A. D.).
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