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Δημόκοινον · public-common (δ 449) · Suda

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δ445people-flatterer
δ446democracy
δ447Democritus, Demokritos
δ448Democritus, Demokritos
δ449public-common
δ450Demoniades
δ451naturalized citizen
δ452country-district
δ453fat

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Δημόκοινον

public-common

Translated by Debra Hamel16 Oct 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 notes · 22 words

Translation

[Meaning] public [sc. property].¹
Something of the public's.
Also [sc. attested is the masculine] dhmo/koinos, [meaning a] public torturer.²
Or the demios.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δημόκοινον· δημόσιον. τὸ τοῦ δημοσίου. καὶ Δημόκοινος, δημόσιος βασανιστής. ἢ ὁ δήμιος.

Betacode

*dhmo/koinon: dhmo/sion. to\ tou= dhmosi/ou. kai\ *dhmo/koinos, dhmo/sios basanisth/s. h)\ o( dh/mios.

Notes (2)

[1] Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is more probably neuter nominative/accusative singular -- as indeed is assumed by the additional gloss given here, and explicit in ps.-Zonaras -- than accusative singular of the masculine noun which features below.
2The Suda's source now becomes Harpokration s.v., an entry prompted by the mention of this functionary in Isocrates 17.15. For discussion of, and bibliography on, public torture in Athens see Konstantinos Kapparis, Apollodoros 'Against Neaira' [D. 59] (Berlin and New York 1999) 424-429. ↩
3See already delta 434.

Linked from2 entries

α2152Ἄνδραγχοςman-throttler, stranglerMeaning executioner, he who throttles [a)/gxon] men [a)/ndres].
δ434Δήμιοςpublic-man[Meaning] the one punishing lawbreakers.

Neighbouring entries

δ447ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, Demokritos δ448ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, Demokritos δ449Δημόκοινονpublic-common δ450ΔημονιάδηςDemoniades δ451Δημοποίητοςnaturalized citizen

Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Oct 2015

17 Oct 2015further adjustments — David Whitehead
4 Jul 2011augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
18 Jan 2004further cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Jan 2004cosmetic rearrangement — Catharine Roth
26 Mar 2001added note — David Whitehead
17 Oct 2000cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Oct 2000Translated — Debra Hamel

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δημόκοινον (Adler number delta 449), trans. Debra Hamel, 16 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/449

Translation by Debra Hamel for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗