πολίτης, πολιτου, ὁ (πόλις), from Homer down, a citizen; i. e. a. the inhabitant of any city or conntry: πόλεως, Act_21:39; τῆς χώρας ἐκείνης, Luk_15:15. b. the associate of another in citizenship, i. e. a fellow-citizen, fellow-countryman, (Plato, Apology, p. 37 c.; others): with the genitive of a person, Luk_19:14; Heb_8:11 (where Rec. has τόν πλησίον) from Jeremiah 38:34 (), where it is used for ψΕςΗ , as in Pro_11:9; Pro_11:12; Proverbs 24:43 ().

πολίτης politēs 4x a citizen, Luk_15:15 ; Luk_19:14 ; Act_21:39 ; Heb_8:11

πολίτης , -ου , ὁ ( < πόλις ), [in LXX chiefly for H7453 ;] 1. a citizen: c . gen . loc ., Luk_15:15 , Act_21:39 . 2. a fellow-citizen: c . gen . pers ., Luk_19:14 , Heb_8:11 ( LXX ). †

πολίτης [page 526] It is hardly necessary to illustrate this common word, but reference may be made to P Oxy I. 65 .4 (iii/iv A.D.), where a beneficiarius sends an order to the comarchs of the village Teruthis παράδοτε τῷ ἀποσταλέντι ὑπηρέτ [ῃ ] Παχοῦμιν Παχούμις (= ιος ) ὃν κατεσχήκατε σήμερον καὶ κατηνέγκατε ἐν τῇ κώμῃ ὑμῶν πολίτην ὄντα , deliver up to my officer whom I have sent Pachoumis, son of Pachoumis, whom you have arrested to-day and brought to your village, being a citizen (Edd.). See also the sepulchral epitaph, Kaibel 718 .2 , in which an inhabitant of Ephesus describes himself as μεγά [λης θεοῦ εἰμι πολ ]είτης . For the adj. πολιτικός cf. P Tebt I. 5 .257 (B.C. 118) τοὺς πρὸς χρείαις πάντας τῶν τε βασιλικῶν καὶ πολιτικῶν καὶ ἱερευτικῶν , all who are in charge of the Crown, State or sacred interests : see the editors note. In support of their contention that πολιτική in P Grenf II. 73 .9 (late iii/A.D.) denotes a woman of bad character (πόρνη ), the editors are now able to appeal to P Oxy VI. 903 .37 (iv/A.D.) μετὰ μῆναν λαμβάνω πολιτικὴν ἐμαυτῷ , a month hence I will take a mistress. Deissmann ( Epistle of Psenosiris , p. 30 f., LAE , p. 201) prefers to regard the word as a proper name Πολιτική : cf. Selections , p. 117 ff. See also Archiv viii. p. 60, where the name is associated with the social rank of the woman as a citizeness.

πολίτης πολί_της, ου, ὁ, [Etym: cf. also πολιήτης] "a member of a city or state" (πόλις), "a citizen, freeman", Lat. civis, Hom. , etc. like Lat. civis, a fellow-citizen, Hdt. , Aesch. , etc. θεοὶ πολῖται ῀ πολιοῦχοι, Aesch.

πολίτης, -ου, ὁ (πόλις), [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ ;] __1. a citizen: with genitive loc., Luk.15:15, Act.21:39. __2. a fellow-citizen: with genitive of person(s), Luk.19:14, Heb.8:11" (LXX) .† (AS)