οἱ ὀφείλοντες

ὀφείλω

-IG: pres part act masc nom /voc pl

ὀφείλω

-IG: pres part act masc nom /voc pl

δημόσιος, [dialect] Dor. [pref] δᾱμ-, α, ον (ος, ον Hp. (v. infr.)),

A belonging to the people or state,

κτέανα Xenoph.2.8

;

τὰδ. Hdt.5.29

, Ar.V. 554;

δ. χρήματα Cratin.171

;

πλοῦτος Th.1.80

; χώρα, opp. ἱερά, ἰδία, Arist.Pol. 1267b34;

ἡ δ. τράπεζα IG22.1013

; τὰ ἱερὰ τὰ δ., opp. ἰδιωτικά, SIG 1015.9 (Halic.); ἀγῶνες, δίκαι, Aeschin.1.2, Arist.Pol. 1320a12; δ. λόγος, = Lat. fiscus, BGU193.27, OGI1669.21; δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι, to be, become state-property, be confiscated, Th.2.13, IG22.1100.40 (Hadr.), Pl.Lg. 742b, etc.;

γῆν δ. ποιεῖν Lys.18.14

.

b used by the public, βαλανεῖα, λουτρόν, Plb.26.1.12, Hdn.1.12.4.

2 common, δημοσιώτατος τρόπος, τόπος, Arist.Top. 162a35, SE 165a5;

δημόσιος κακίη

epidemic,

Hp.Ep.19

( Hermes 53.67).

II as Subst.:

a δημόσιος (sc. δοῦλος), ὁ, any public slave or servant, as, the public crier, Hdt.6.121; policeman, Ar.Lys. 436; public notary, = γραμματεύς, D. 19.129, etc.; public executioner, D.S.13.102: generally, public official,

τὸν ἀρχέφοδον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους δημοσίους POxy.69.13

(ii A. D.).

b public victim, = φάρμακος, Ar.Eq. 1136, cf. Sch. ad loc.

c harlot, prostitute, Procop.Arc.9 (cf. Sapph.148).

III neut., δημόσιον, τό, the state, Hdt.1.14, Aeschin.3.58;

οἱ ἐκ δ.

public officials,

X. Lac.3.3

.

b public building, hall, Hdt.6.52.

c treasury, = τὸ κοινόν, ἀργύριον ὀφείλοντες τῷ δ. And.1.73, cf. D.21.182, Din.2.2;

ὁ ἐκ δ. μισθός Th.6.31

;

ἡ ἐκ τοῦ δ. τροφή Pl.R. 465d

;

τελεῖν εἰς τὸ δ. BGU1188.12

(Aug.), 1158.18 (i B. C.).

d the public prison, Th.5.18.

2 τὰ δ. public archives, OGI229.108 ([place name] Smyrna).

b public dues, taxes, in pl., PLond.3.938.11 (iii A. D.), BGU1018.21 (iii A. D.).

IV fem., δαμοσία (sc. σκηνή), ἡ, tent of the Spartan kings: hence οἱ περὶ δαμοσίαν the king's council, X.HG4.5.8, Lac.13.7.

V as Adv.:

1 dat. δημοσία, [dialect] Ion. -ίῃ, at the public expense, Hdt.1.30, Ar.Av. 396, etc.; by public consent, D.21.50; on public service,

δ. ἀποδημεῖν Id.45.3

; δ. κρίνειν try in the public courts, And.1.105; δ. τεθνάναι to die by the hands of the public executioner, D.45.81.

2 as a community, opp. ἰδίᾳ, Pl.Ap. 30b.

3 commonly, popularly,

τὰ δ. νομιζόμενα ἀγαθά Luc.Nigr.4

.

4 regul. Adv.

- ίως A.D. Adv.151.12

; on public business,

καταπλεῦσαι SIG520.7

(Naxos, iii B. C.).

ὀφείλ-ω, [tense] impf. ὤφειλον; [dialect] Ep. [full] ὀφέλλω (also [dialect] Aeol., IG12(2).67.7 (Mytil.), and Arc., ib.5(2).343.27 (Orchom. Arc., iv B. C.)), [tense] impf. ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον, v. infr. II. 2, 3 (the [dialect] Att. or [dialect] Ion. ὀφείλετ', ὄφειλον in Il.11.686, 688, 698, Hes.Op. 174 is prob. due to the Copyists): [tense] fut.

A

ὀφειλήσω X.Cyr.7.2.28

, D.30.7, also

ὀφειλέσω TAM2.431

, al.: [tense] aor. 1

ὠφείλησα Ar.Av. 115

, Th.8.5 ([etym.] ἐπ-): [tense] pf. ὠφείληκα: [tense] plpf.

- ήκειν D.45

. 33: [tense] aor. 2 ὤφελον (v. infr. 11.2, 3):—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. part.

ὀφειληθείς Th. 3.63

. (Cret. [full] ὀφήλω GDI5015.21, written [full] ὀπέλο Leg.Gort.10.20, al., Arc. [full] ὀφέλλω (v. supr.) and [full] ὀφήλω SIG306.40 (Tegea, iv B. C.): in early [dialect] Att. Inscrr. written both

ὀφελ

-IG

12.91.8

, al., and ὀφειλ- ib.109.9, al.):—owe, have to pay or account for,

τὸ καὶ μοιχάγρι' ὀφέλλει Od.8.332

; ὅτι μοι.. ζωάγρι' ὀφέλλεις ib. 462;

χρεῖος, τό ῥά οἱ πᾶς δῆμος ὄφελλεν 21.17

;

πολέσιν γὰρ Ἐπειοὶ χρεῖος ὄφειλον Il.11.688

;

ζημίην ὀ. τῷ θεῷ Hdt.3.52

, etc.: metaph.,

μητέρα μοι ζώουσαν ὀφέλλετε Call.Fr. 126

; τί ὀφείλω; what do I owe? Ar.Nu.21; ὀ. ἀργύριον, χρέα, Id.Av. 115, Nu. 117;

ὀ. ἢ θεῷ θυσίας ἢ ἀνθρώπῳ χρήματα Pl.R. 331b

; ὀ. τινὶ δρᾶν τι ib. 332a: c. dat. only, ὀ. τινί to be debtor to another, Ar.Nu. 1135, Lys. 581, etc.;

τρίτον δὲ χαίρειν, εἶτ' ὀ. μηδενί Philem.163

: abs., to be in debt, Ar.Nu. 485, etc.; οἱ ὀφείλοντες debtors, Arist.EN 1167b21, Plu.2.832a:—[voice] Pass., to be due, ἔνθα χρεῖός μοι ὀφέλλεται (v.l. ὀφείλεται) Od.3.367;

χρεῖος ὀφείλετο Il.11.686

, 698;

ἢν.. ὀφείληταί τί μοι Ar.Nu. 484

;

μισθὸς τοῖς στρατιώταις ὠφείλετο X.An.1.2.11

, etc.; τὸ ὀφειλόμενον a debt, ib.7.7.34;

- όμενα ἀποδιδόντες Hdt.5.99

, cf. Simon. ap. Pl.R. 331e.

2 metaph.,

ὀ. μέλος τινί Pi.O.10(11).3

;

πολλὰ δώμασιν καλά E.HF 287

; ὀ. χάριν, v. χάρις 1.2;

Ἀπόλλωνι χαριστήρια X.Cyr.7.2.28

;

τὴν ψυχὴν πᾶσιν Ael.VH10.5

:—[voice] Pass.,

ὀφείλεταί τινι ἐκ θεῶν κλέος A.Fr. 315

;

ὀ. τινὶ εὐεργεσία Th.1.137

;

ἀντὶ χαρίτων ἔχθραι ὀ. X.Cyr.4.5.32

;

τοῖς μὲν ἐχθροῖς βλάβην ὀ., τοῖς δὲ φίλοις ὠφελίαν Pl. R. 335e

, cf. 332b; τοὐφειλόμενον πράσσουσα Δίκη what is due, A.Ch. 310.

3 as a legal term, to be bound to render,

εὐθύνας ὤφειλον And. 1.73

codd. (f.l. for ὦφλον): hence, like ὀφλισκάνω, incur a penalty,

ζημίαν Lys.9.10

;

διπλῆν τὴν βλάβην Id.1.32

, cf. E.Andr. 360;

τὴν τοιαύτην δίκην Pl.Lg. 909a

, cf. 774b, 774d, 844e, D.21.77;

ἁμαρτίαν ὀ. Μηνὶ Τυράννῳ IG3.74.15

(ii/iii A. D.).

4 in [voice] Pass., of persons, to be due or liable to,

θανάτῳ πάντες ὀφειλόμεθα Simon.122

, cf. LXX Wi.12.20, IG3.1381; but

τοιαύταις χερσὶν ὀφειλόμεθα

our help is due,

AP9.283

(Crin.).

II c. inf., to be bound, to be obliged to do, ὀφέλλετε ταῦτα πένεσθαι ye are bound, ye ought to.., Il.19.200, cf. Hdt.1.41,42, al., E.Alc. 682, 712, etc.; and of things, ought to be,

ὁ λόγος οὐκ ἀκριβῶς ὀ. λέγεσθαι Arist.EN 1104a2

:—[voice] Pass.,

δράσαντι γάρ τοι καὶ παθεῖν ὀφείλεται A.Fr. 456

; σοὶ τοῦτ' ὀφείλεται παθεῖν it is thy destiny to.., S.Ph. 1421, cf. El. 1173;

ὡς πᾶσιν ἡμῖν κατθανεῖν ὀφείλεται E.Alc. 419

, cf. 782, Or. 1245, Lys.25.11; v. supr.1.4.

2 in this signf. [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf. ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον and [tense] aor. ὤφελον or ὄφελον are used of that which one has not, but ought to have, done ( ought being the pret. of owe),

ὤφελεν ἀθανάτοισιν εὔχεσθαι Il.23.546

;

νῦν ὄφελεν πονέεσθαι λισσόμενος 10.117

, cf. Od.4.472.

3 these tenses are also used, folld. by [tense] pres. or [tense] aor. inf., in wishes that something were or had been in present or past, ἀνδρὸς.. ὤφελλον ἀμείνονος εἶναι ἄκοιτις I ought to be.., would that I were.. ! Il.6.350; τὴν ὄφελ' ἐν νήεσσι κατακτάμεν Ἄρτεμις would that Artemis had slain her !, Il.19.59, cf. Od.4.97;

τιμήν πέρ μοι ὄφελλεν Ὀλύμπιος ἐγγυαλίξαι Il.1.353

: freq. preceded by εἴθε ([dialect] Ep. αἴθε) , ὡς, ὡς δή, which express the wish still more strongly, αἴθ' ὄφελες ἄγονός τ' ἔμεναι ἄγαμός τ' ἀπολέσθαι O that thou hadst!, Il.3.40, cf. 1.415, etc.;

αἴθ' ὤφελλες.. σημαίνειν 14.84

;

αἴθ' ὤφελλ' ὁ ξεῖνος.. ὀλέσθαι Od.18.401

;

αἴθ' ἅμα πάντες.. ὠφέλετε.. ἐπὶ νηυσὶ πεφάσθαι Il.24.254

: with ὡς, ὡς ὄφελον.. ἑλέσθαι O that I had.. !, 11.380;

θανέειν Od.14.274

;

ὡς πρὶν ὤφελλον ὀλέσθαι Il.24.764

, cf. Od.14.68;

ὡς ὤφελες αὐτόθ' ὀλέσθαι Il.3.428

;

ὡς.. ὤφελες Od. 2.184

; ὡς ὄφελεν .. Il.3.173, etc.: strengthd., ὡς δὴ ἔγωγ' ὄφελον .. Od.1.217: also with neg., μὴ ὄφελες λίσσεσθαι .. would thou hadst never.. !, Il.9.698;

ἣ μὴ ὤφελλε γενέσθαι 17.686

;

τὼ μὴ γείνασθαι ὄφελλον Od.8.312

;

ὡς μὴ ὤφελλε τεκέσθαι Il.22.481

;

ὡς δὴ μὴ ὄφελον νικᾶν Od.11.548

.—So in Trag. and [dialect] Att., ὤφελον .. S.OT 1157; ὤφελες .. Ar.Th. 865; ὤφελε .. A.Pr.48, X.An.2.1.4, etc.: also, as in [dialect] Ep., εἴθ' ὤφελες .. S.El. 1021; εἴθ' ὤφελ' .. Ar.Nu.41, etc.; εἰ γὰρ ὤφελον .. Id.Ec. 380, Pl.R. 432c, Cri. 44d; ὡς ὤφελες .. Ar.Ra. 955: with neg.,

μήποτ' ὤφελον S.Ph. 969

, E.Alc. 880 (anap.), D.18.288; ὡς μήποτ' ὤφελον .. E. Ion 286;

ὡς μηδὲ νῦν ὤφελον D.21.78

: without augm. in Hdt., εἶδον.. τὸ μὴ ἰδεῖν ὄφελον (v.l. ὤ-) 1.111, cf. 3.65: sts. in Trag. (lyr. and anap.), εἴθ' ὄφελε .. A.Pers. 915; ὄφελε .. S.Aj. 1192; μήποτ' ὄφελον .. E.Med. 1413. (In this signf. ὤφειλον is used in late [dialect] Ep.,

ὡς μὴ ὤφειλες ἱκέσθαι Q.S.5.194

, but ὤφελλον shd. be read in Hes.Op. 174 and ὤφελε in E.IA 1291.)

b with ind.,

ὤφελε μηδ' ἐγένοντο θοαὶ νέες Call.Epigr.19.1

, cf. Q.S.10.378, etc.

c ὄφελον (Adv. acc. to A.D.Adv.142.9, EM643.48) in this signf.: c. acc. et inf.,

ὤμοι ἐγών, ὄφελόν με.. ὀλέσθαι Orph.A. 1159

: even with 2 pers. of Verb,

ὄφελον ἐβασιλεύσατε 1 Ep.Cor.4.8

, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.11.1, Ep.Gal.5.12, Apoc.3.15, LXX Jb.14.13, Ath.4.156a;

ὄφελον δυνήσῃ Luc.Sol.1

(as a solecism): with 3 pers., Arr.Epict.2.18.15, D.Chr.38.47: with 1 pers. pl.,

ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν LXX Ex.16.3

; ὤφελον (sic)

εἰ ἐδυνάμεθα πέτασθαι PGiss.17.10

(ii A. D.): c. inf., ὄφελομ μὲν ἡ θεὸς.. στερῆσαι .. OGI315.16 (Pessinus, ii B. C.).

III impers. ὀφείλει, it behoves, c. acc. et inf., Pi.N.2.6; ὄφελλέ με μήτε.. εἰσοράαν κτλ. A.R.3.678: so pers. in part., abs., αἱ ὀφείλουσαι ἱερουργίαι τῶν θεῶν the due services of the gods, PTeb.294.24 (ii A. D.);

κατὰ τὸν ὀφείλοντα καιρόν Sor.1.79

. (ὦφλον, ὤφληκα, [tense] aor. and [tense] pf. of ὀφλισκάνω, were prob. orig. [tense] aor. and [tense] pf. of ὀφείλω: ὄφελον in signf. II. 3c may be orig. neut. part. of ὤφελε (signf. 111 ) with omission of ἐστί.)

διδάσκαλος, ου, ὁ (s. διδάσκω; Hom. Hymns, Aeschyl.+) teacher δ. ἐθνῶν Dg 11:1; πέποιθας σεαυτὸν εἶναι δ. νηπίων you are sure that you are (i.e. can be) a teacher of the young Ro 2:19f. ὀφείλοντες εἶναι διδάσκαλοι although you ought to be teachers Hb 5:12. W. μαθητής (Epict. 4, 6, 11; Jos., Ant. 17, 334; Did., Gen. 66, 25) Mt 10:24f; Lk 6:40; IMg 9:2. Used in addressing Jesus (corresp. to the title רַב,רַבִּי rabbi) Mt 8:19; 12:38; 19:16; 22:16, 24, 36; Mk 4:38; 9:17, 38; 10:17, 20, 35; 12:14, 19, 32; 13:1; Lk 3:12; 7:40; 9:38; 10:25; 11:45; 12:13; 18:18; 19:39; 20:21, 28, 39; 21:7; J8:4; IEph 15:1; IMg 9:2f. Also as designation for Jesus (ὁ δ. ἡμῶν Orig., C. Cels. 6, 36, 32; θεῖος δ. 1, 37, 19), w. other titles Dg 9:6. He is called βασιλεὺς καὶ δ. MPol 17:3. Ῥαββί w. translation J 1:38 (cp. 3:2), also Ῥαββουνί 20:16. W. the art. (=רַבָּא) Mt 9:11; 17:24; 23:8; 26:18; Mk 5:35; 14:14; Lk 6:40b; 8:49; 22:11; J 11:28 (Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 53 πάρεστιν ὁ δ.). ὁ δ. καὶ ὁ κύριος (=מָר) as a title of respect 13:13f. Used of John the Baptist Lk 3:12. Of Scripture scholars in Jerusalem Lk 2:46; J 3:10 (Petosiris, Fgm. 36b, 13 ὁ διδάσκαλος λέγει=the [well-known] teacher says; sim. Mk 14:14 and par.).—As an official of a Christian assembly Ac 13:1; 1 Cor 12:28f; Eph 4:11; 2 Ti 1:11; Js 3:1 (TOrbiso, VD 21, ’41, 169–82); D 15:1f; paid 13:2. Cp. Hv 3, 5, 1; m 4, 3, 1; Hs 9, 15, 4; 9, 16, 5; 9, 25, 2; B 1:8; 4:9. HGreeven, ZNW 44, ’52/53, 16–31. Of Paul δ. ἐθνῶν 1 Ti 2:7. Of Polycarp δ. ἀποστολικὸς καὶ προφητικός MPol 16:2; δ. ἐπίσημος 19:1; ὁ τῆς Ἀσίας δ. 12:2. Of dissident teachers δ. πονηρίας Hs 9, 19, 2. υἱὸς διδασκάλου as transl. of Barabbas (q.v.) underlies the Lat. text ‘filius magistri’ of GHb 339, 51 (s. Peter of Laodicea in Kl. T. 8³ p. 10, ln. 9ff app.).—EReisch in Pauly-W. V, 1905, 401ff; Dalman, Worte 272ff; Schürer II 322–36, 417–22; GMoore, Judaism I 1927, 37–47, 308–22.—AHarnack, Lehre d. Zwölf Ap.: TU II/1/2 1884, 93ff, Mission I⁴ 1923, 345ff; CDodd, Jesus as Teacher and Prophet: Mysterium Christi 1930, 53–66; FFilson, JBL 60, ’41, 317–28; EFascher, TLZ 79, ’54, 325–42; HBraun, Qumran u. d. NT II, ’66, 54–74 (Jesus and the Teacher of Righteousness).—DELG s.v. διδάσκω. M-M. TW. Sv.