Ion.
2. the daily life of a citizen, And. 2.10, D. 19.184;
3. concrete, body of citizens, Arist. Pol. 1292a34 .
4. = Lat. civitas in geographical sense, SIG 888.118 (Scaptopara, iii A. D. ), Mitteis Chr. 78.6 (iv A. D.), etc.
II government, administration, Ar. Eq. 219, X. Mem. 3.9.15, etc.;
2. tenure of public office,
III civil polity, constitution of a state, Antipho 3.2.1, Th. 2.37, etc.;
2. esp. republican government, free common-wealth, Arist. EN 1160a34, Pol. 1293b22;
the state of being a citizen; citizenship, the right or privilege of being a citizen, freedom of a city or state, Act 22:28; a commonwealth, community, Eph 2:12
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1. the administration of civil affairs (Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 15; Aristophanes, Aeschines, Demosthenes (others)).
2. a state, commonwealth (2 Macc. 4:11 2Macc. 8:17 2Macc. 13:14; Xenophon, Plato, Thucydides (others)): with a genitive of the possessor,
3. citizenship, the rights of a citizen (some make this sense the primary one): Act 22:28 (3Macc. 3:21, 23; Herodotus 9, 34; Xenophon, Hell. 1, 1, 26; 1, 2, 10; (4, 4, 6, etc.); Demosthenes, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, others).
** πολιτεία , - ας , ἡ
( < πολιτεύω ),
[in LXX : 2Ma 4:11 ; 2Ma 6:23 ; 2Ma 8:17 ; 2Ma 13:14 , 3Ma 3:21 ; 3Ma 3:23 , 4Ma 3:20 ; 4Ma 8:7 ; 4Ma 17:9 * ;]
1. citizenship: Act 22:28 (3 Mac, ll. c ., Hdt ., Xen ., a1.).
2. government, administration ( Aristoph ., Dem., al. ).
3. a commonwealth: Eph 2:12. †