Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δημιόπρατα

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Principal Part: δημιόπρατα

Etym.: pra_to/s

Sense

  1. goods sold by public authority: confiscated goods

Examples

  • κἄξω τούτου τὰ τέλη χωρὶσ καὶ τὰσ πολλὰσ ἑκατοστάσ, πρυτανεῖα μέταλλ’ ἀγορὰσ λιμένασ μεσθοὺσ καὶ δημιόπρατα. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, antepirrheme6)
  • παραβαλλομένη δὲ πρὸσ τὰ Σύλλα δημιόπρατα καὶ τὰσ περὶ τὸ πῦρ ἐργολαβίασ, ἐπιεικεστέρα φανεῖται. (Plutarch, Comparison of Nicias and Crassus, chapter 1 1:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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