δημόσιος, δημοσίᾳ, δημοσιον, especially frequent in Attic; belonging to the people or state, public (opposed to ἴδιος): Act_5:18; in dative feminine δημοσίᾳ used adverbially (opposed to ἰδίᾳ) (cf. Winers Grammar, 591 (549) note), publicly, in public places, in view of all: Act_16:37; Act_18:28; δημόσιος καί κατ' οἴκους, Act_20:20; (2Ma_6:10; 3Ma_2:27; in Greek writings also by public authority, at the public expense).

δημόσιος dēmosios 4x public, belonging to the public, Act_5:18 ; δημοσίᾳ , publicly, Act_16:37 ; Act_18:28 ; Act_20:20

** δημόσιος , -α , -ον ( < δῆμος ), [in LXX : 2Ma_6:10 , 3Ma_2:27 ; 3Ma_4:7 * ;] belonging to the people, public: Act_5:18 ; dat . fern, used adverbially ( cl .); (a) at the public expense, by public consent; (b) publicly: Act_16:37 ; Act_18:28 ; Act_20:20 .†

δημόσιος [page 145] δημόσιος is exceedingly common as an epithet for public officials or property of all kinds. Δημόσιοι are officials : as P Ryl II. 232 .8 (ii/A.D.) καὶ οἱ δημόσιοι προσεφώνησαν αὐτῷ ὅτι μένις ἐν τῇ κώ (μῃ ), PSI III. 229 .16 (ii/A.D.) τοῖς τῆ ]ς κώμης δημοσίοις καὶ πρεσβυτέροις . Δημόσια are public taxes : as P Lond 951 .4 (A.D. 249) (= III. p. 221) τελεῖ τὰ καθήκοντα δ . Ib. 1164 e. 10 (A.D. 212) (= III. p. 160) has ῥύμη δημοσία , which like ὁδὸς δ . is very common. Δημόσιοι γεωργοί in Egypt are constantly mentioned : see s.v. γεωργέω . A Leipzig papyrus of Hadrian s reign (Inv 266 .7 ) has τὴν βασιλικὴν καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν καὶ οὐσιακὴν γῆν : Wilcken ( Archiv v. p. 245) would drop the second τήν or add a third. P Flor I. 6 .5 (A.D. 210) βουλομένου μου κατη [γ ]ορεῖν οὔτε ὄντος (corr. from -ως ) δημοσίου κατηγόρου . P Strass I. 14 .21 (A.D. 211) καθαρόν ἀπὸ παντὸς ] ὀφ [ειλ ]ήμα̣τος δ [ημο ]σ̣ι̣ου τε καὶ ἰδιωτι [κοῦ illustrates the most normal antithesis. For Act_5:18 cf. P Lips Inv 244 .5 (A.D. 462) (= Chrest. II. p. 80) ἐκλείσθην εἰς [τ ]ὴν δη [μο ]σ [ίαν ] ε [ἱ ]ρκτ [ή ]ν . For the adverb δημοσίᾳ cf. Syll 807 (after A.D. 138), where three times persons miraculously healed return public thanks thus .9 καὶ ἐσώθη καὶ δημοσίᾳ ηὐχαρίστησεν τῷ θεῷ καὶ ὁ δῆμος συνεχάρη αὐτῷ . Dittenberger observes that this meaning, coram populo, is foreign to antiquity. Vettius Valens p. 71 .22 ἐὰν δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ συντύχῃ , αἰχμάλωτοι γίνονται καὶ δημοσίᾳ τελευτῶσιν , of public execution. In MGr it makes e.g. the compound δημοσιογραφικός , journalistic. Among its derivatives may be noticed δημοσιεύω practise (of a doctor), as in classical Greek. So P Oxy I. 40 .9 (ii/iii A.D.) εἰ ἰατρὸς εἶ δημοσ̣[ιεύ ]ων ἐπὶ ταρι [χείᾳ , if you are a doctor officially practising mummification (Edd.).

δημόσιος "belonging to the people or state", Lat. publicus, opp. to ἴδιος, Hdt. , attic:— δημόσιον εἶναι, γίγνεσθαι to be "confiscated", Thuc. , Plat. as Subst., ὁ δημόσιος (sc. δοῦλος), "a public servant", as "the public crier", Hdt. ; "a public notary", Dem. as neut., δημόσιον, ου, τό, "the state", Lat. respublica, Hdt. , attic "any public building, a public hall", Hdt. "the treasury", elsewhere τὸ κοινόν, Dem. "the public prison", Thuc. τὰ δημόσια (sc. χρήματα) "state-property", Ar. as fem., ἡ δαμοσία (sc. σκηνή) "the tent of the Spartan kings", Xen. as adv.: dat. δημοσίαι, ionic -ίηι, "at the public expense", Hdt. ; "by public consent", Dem. ; δ. τεθνάναι to die "by the executioner", id=Dem. neut. pl. δημόσια, "at the public cost", Ar.

δημόσιος, -α, -ον (δῆμος), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:10, 3Ma.2:27 4:7 * ;] belonging to the people, public: Act.5:18; dative fem. used adverbially (cl.); __(a) at the public expense, by public consent; __(b) publicly: Act.16:37 18:28 20:20.† (AS)