Δήμιος

public-man

Translated by Carl Widstrand8 Jan 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] the one punishing lawbreakers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δήμιος· ὁ κολάζων τοὺς παρανόμους.

Betacode

*dh/mios: o( kola/zwn tou\s parano/mous.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. A naive definition for the (Athenian) public executioner; cf. delta 449 below, and see generally LSJ s.v.