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δημότης

demotes · ὁ

one of the people, commoner

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δημότης · dēmotēs — LSJ

one of the people, commoner

one of the people, commoner, opp. a man of rank, Tyrt. 4.5, Hdt. 2.172, 5.11, X. Cyr. 2.3.7; ἄνδρα δ. S. Aj. 1071; δ. ὅμιλος Ar. Pax 921; δ. τε καὶ ξένος E. Supp. 895; δημόται καὶ πένητες X. Mem. 1.2.58:—fem. δημότις, ιδος, opp. βασίλισσα, Plb. 22.20.2: pl., opp. εὐγενέσταται, D.C. 62.15.

2 popularly

= ἰδιώτης, γνωστὰ λέγειν δημότῃσι speak popularly, Hp. VM 2, cf. Acut. 8; ἀμαθίη τῶν δ. Id. Art. 67.

II one of the same people, fellow-citizen

one of the same people, fellow-citizen, Pi. N. 7.65, E. Alc. 1057.

III member of a deme, of the same deme

at Athens and elsewhere, member of a deme or of the same deme, S. OC 78, Sus. 1, Pl. Ap. 33e, D. 18.261, IG 2(2).1172, etc.; φράτερας καὶ δ. Cratin.Jun. 9:—so fem. δημότις, ιδος, Ar. Lys. 333, Theoc. 28.22.

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