πολιτ-ικός

πολῑτ-ῐκός, ή, όν,

A of, for, or relating to citizens,

σύλλογος Pl.Grg. 452e

;

οἶκοι Isoc.2.21

; αἱ π. λειτουργίαι, opp. αἱ τῶν μετοίκων, D.20.18; π. κοινωνία, βίος, Arist.Pol. 1252a7, 1254b30;

π. νόμος IG9

(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

([place name] Naples); χορὸς π. ib.7.1776 ([place name] 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, ὁ, official, PTeb.208 (i B. C.), Sammelb. 286 (pl.), POxy. 34 iii 10 (pl., ii A. D.), etc.

2 befitting a citizen, civic, civil,

ἰσονομία Th.3.82

;

σχῆμα π. τοῦ λόγου Id.8.89

;

ἀγῶνες X.Mem.2.6.26

;

π. ἀρετή Id.Lac. 10.7

; ἡ -ωτάτη ἔρις ib.4.5; τὰ πολιτικά civil affairs, opp. τὰ πολεμικά, Id.Eq.2.1, cf. Hier.9.5;

πολιτικωτέρα ἐγένετο ἡ ὀλιγαρχία

more 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 ἀπογόνοις

more socially,

Id.HA 589a2

: hence,

b civil, courteous, Plb.23.5.7. Adv. civilly, courteously,

πράως καὶ π. μεμψιμοιρεῖν Id.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. δυνάμεις Aeschin.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 πεζοί Plb.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.

4 living in a community,

ἄνθρωπος φύσει π. ζῷον Arist.Pol. 1253a3

;

πολιτικὰ δ' ἐστίν, ὧν ἕν τι καὶ κοινὸν γίγνεται πάντων τὸ ἔργον Id.HA 488a7

; also, fit for, characteristic of, free government, Id.Pol. 1287b38, 1294b1; πλῆθος ib. 1288a12.

5 secular, opp. ecclesiastical,

πρόσοδοι SIG459.6

(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,

δεινότητες Nausiph.2

; ψυχαὶ -ώτεραι, opp. οἰκονομικώτεραι, X.Cyr.2.2.14, cf. Pl.Alc.1.133e;

ὁ πολιτικός

the 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. ἐπιμέλεια Th. 2.40

;

τέχνη π. Democr.157

, Pl.Prt. 319a, Grg. 521d; ἡ π. ἐπιστήμη, ἡ π., the science of politics, opp. οἰκονομική, βασιλική, Id.Plt. 259c, 303e (in Arist. politics includes ethics, EN 1094b11, Rh. 1356a27, and is divided into πολιτική (proper) καὶ οἰκονομία καὶ φρόνησις, EE 1218b13, cf. EN 1141b23 sq.);

π. πράγματα Isoc.4.113

;

πράξεις Pl.Hp.Ma. 281c

;

φρόνησις Arist.EN 1141b26

; λόγος, title of work by Antipho Soph., Hermog.Id.2.11, etc.; τὰ π. public matters,

γνῶναι Th.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. αἰτίας D.21.218

.

IV generally, having relation to public life, political, public, opp. κατ' ἰδίας, Th.8.89;

π. τιμαί X.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] Comp. -ώτερον, litterae

π.

scriptae

Cic.Att.5.12.2

.

V suited to a citizen's common life, ordinary,

κάνναθρον X.Ages.8.7

; belonging to common usage,

τῶν ὀνομάτων τὰ π. Isoc.9.10

; drawn from ordinary life,

παραδείγματα Gal.5.221

; τὰς π... χρείας [τοῦ σκέλους] ordinary, opp. wrestling and dancing, Id.2.299; ὁ π., opp. ὁ ποιητής, Phryn.45. Adv. -κῶς, λέγειν, opp. ῥητορικῶς, Arist.Po. 1450b7;

ὁρίζεσθαι Id.Pol. 1275b25

;

ἑρμηνεύειν Gal.18(1).415

.

VI πολιτική, ἡ, concubine, mistress, PGrenf.2.73 (iii A. D.), POxy.903.37 (iv A. D.).

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `citadel, fort, city, city community, state' (Il.; on the meaning in Hom. Hoffmann Festschr. Snell 153ff.).

Other forms: Also (ep. Cypr. Thess.) πτόλις, - εως, Ion. - ιος, - ηος;

Dialectal forms: Myc. potorijo has been interpreted as *Πτολίων.

Compounds: As 1. member e.g. in πτολί-πορθος (- πόρθιος, - πόρθης) `sacking cities, destroyer of cities' (ep. Il.); enlarged in IA. πολιοῦχος (from - ιο-ουχ.); Dor. πολι-ά̄-οχος, - ιᾶχος, ep. πολι-ή-οχος `ruling a city, city protector'; in A. also the unexplained πολισσο- in πολισσοῦχος, πολισσο-νομέω. Very often as 2. member, e.g. ἀκρο-πολις = πόλις ἄκρη `upper town, citadel' (Od.); on this and on the other compp. Risch IF 59, 261 ff.

Derivatives: 1. expressive enlargement πτολί-εθρον n. (ep. Il.); cf. μέλαθρον, θέμεθλα, ἔδεθλον (Schwyzer 533). 2. Diminut. πολίχνη f., often as PlN (IA.) with - ίχνιον (Att.); πολίδιον (ῑ̆) n. (Str.). 3. Πολιεύς (- ηύς) m. `city guardian' (Thera before V<sup>a</sup>, Arist., hell.; Bosshardt 60); f. Πολιάς (IA., Arg.). 4. πολίτης (ῑ; ep., Sapph., Att.), πολι-ά̄-τας, - ή-της (Dor. Aeol., Β 806, Ion.; after οἰκιά-τας, - ιή-της a.o.) m. `citizen, townsman', f. - ῖτις (S., E., Pl.); from this πολιτ-ικός `civic, political' (Hdt. 7, 103, Att.; Chantraine Études 123); - εύομαι, - εύω `to be citizen, to take part in state affairs' (Att. etc.; πολιατεύω Gortyn) with - εία, Ion. - ηίη, - ευμα (Hdt., Att.; on the meaning Wilhelm Glotta 14, 78ff., 83f., Papazoglou REGr. 72, 100ff. resp. Ruppel Phil. 82, 268ff., Engers Mnem. 54, 154ff.); also πολιτισμός `administration' (D. L.; - ισμός analog., Chantraine Form. 143). 5. Denominat. πολίζω, aor. - ίσ(σ)αι, rare a. late with ἐν-, συν- a.o., `to found (a city), to cultivate a place by founding a city' (ep. Ion., X.) with πόλ-ισμα `foundation (of a city)' (Ion. poet., Th.; Chantraine Form. 189), - ισμάτιον (hell.), - ισμός `foundation of a city' (D. H., Lyd.), - ιστής `founder of a city' (Poll. 9, 6; rejected).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [799] * pelH- `fortification' from * pelH- `pout'?

Etymology: The byform πτόλις (also Arc. Πτόλις, name of the castle in Mantinea; Thess. οἱ ττολίαρχοι w. assim.) is not convincingly explained. Hypotheses w. further details in Schwyzer 325 (w. lit.); further Kretschmer Glotta 22, 206, Deroy Ant. class. 23, 305ff., Merlingen Μνήμης χάριν 2, 57, Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 75ff., 112 n. 4 (cf. also on πτόλεμος). To be rejected the identification of πόλις from *pu̯olis with Arm. k'alak` `town' (Winter Lang. 31,8).-- Old word for `castle, refugecastle', except in Greek further only in the east attested (cf. Kretschmer Glotta 22, 107, Porzig Gliederung 173): Skt. pū́r f., acc. púr-am, Lith. pilìs f. Both the Skt. and the Lith. word show zero grade, which has also been considered possible for πόλις (Schwyzer 344); the i-stem in πόλ-ις and pil-ìs is secondary enlargement. Thee repeated proposals, to connect this very ancient word for `citadel' with the verb for `fill' ( πίμπλημι; since Pott) or for `dump' (Lith. pìlti; Fick; lastly Fraenkel Zeitschr. slav. Phil. 6, 91), has as unproven hypothesis not much interest. -- WP. 2, 51, Pok. 799, Mayrhofer and Fraenkel s. vv. w. further details a. lit.

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