πολῑτ-εία (politeia)

Where it lives

Politics 522 · 79.93/10k
Athenian Constitution 63 · 38.69/10k
Menexenus 6 · 12.48/10k
Statesman 21 · 12.39/10k
Epistles 20 · 11.81/10k
Republic 94 · 10.58/10k
Laws 100 · 9.7/10k
Alcibiades 2 3 · 7.03/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Critias 3 · 6.07/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 60 · 5.61/10k
Ephesians 1 · 4.15/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

πολῑτ-εία · polit-eia — LSJ

condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, grants of citizenship

condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship, Hdt. 9.34, Th. 6.104, etc.; π. δοῦναί τινι X. HG 1.2.10: pl., grants of citizenship, Arist. Ath. 54.3.

2 the daily life of a citizen, life, living

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 body of citizens

concrete, body of citizens, Arist. Pol. 1292a34.

4

= Lat. civitas in geographical sense, SIG 888.118 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.), Mitteis Chr. 78.6 (iv A. D.), etc.

II government, administration, course of policy, acts of policy

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

tenure of public office, πᾶσαν π. ἐπιφανῶς ἐκτελέσαι IG 4.716.6 (Hermione); ἐν τοῖς τῆς π. χρόνοις IPE 12.32B76 (Olbia, iii B. C.).

III civil polity, constitution of a state, form of government

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 government, 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 πολιτεύεσθ

2 republican government, free common-wealth

esp. republican government, free common-wealth, Arist. EN 1160a34, 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. Monarch. 2.826c.

In the wild

πολιτείαν · politeian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..11 (DIORISIS sentence 126)
πολιτείας · politeias Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..13 (DIORISIS sentence 172)
πολιτείαν · politeian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..13 (DIORISIS sentence 167)
πολιτείᾳ · politeiai Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..13 (DIORISIS sentence 165)
πολιτείαν · politeian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..15 (DIORISIS sentence 187)
πολιτείαν · politeian Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..20 (DIORISIS sentence 250)

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