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Headword:
Δημόκοινον
Adler number: delta,449
Translated headword: public-common
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Public [sc. property].[1]
Something of the public's.
Also [sc. attested is the masculine] δημόκοινος , a public torturer.[2]
Or the "demios."[3]
Greek Original:Δημόκοινον: δημόσιον. τὸ τοῦ δημοσίου. καὶ Δημόκοινος, δημόσιος βασανιστής. ἢ ὁ δήμιος.
Notes:
The headword appears to be neuter singular.
[1] Same lemma and gloss in the Lexica Segueriana.
[2] The 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.
[3] See already
delta 434.
Translated by: Debra Hamel on 16 October 2000@19:35:40.
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