δ ῆμος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛ̂ː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde̝.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos (“people”) (perhaps originally a feminine), from *deh₂- (“to divide”), whence also δαίομαι (daíomai), compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀅𐀗 (da-mo). The original meaning was thus "part".
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
- district, country, land
- the inhabitants of a district or land
- the common people
- free citizens, sovereign people
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1011:
δ ο κ ο ῦν τ α κ α ὶ δόξαντ’ ἀπαγγέλλεινμ ε χ ρ ὴ δήμου προβούλοιςτ ῆσ δ ε Καδμείας πόλεως:- dokoûnta kaì dóxant’ apangéllein me khrḕ dḗmou proboúlois têsde Kadmeías póleōs:
- It is my duty to announce the will and decrees of the council on behalf of the people of this our Cadmean city.
- popular government, democracy
- popular assembly
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 565b:
- ἀναγκάζονται
δ ὴο ἶμαι ἀμύνεσθαι, λέγοντέςτ ε ἐν τ ῷ δήμῳκ α ὶ πράττοντες ὅπ ῃ δύνανται- anankázontai dḕ oîmai amúnesthai, légontés te en tôi dḗmōi kaì práttontes hópēi dúnantai
- [they] are compelled to defend themselves by speeches in the assembly and any action in their power
- ἀναγκάζονται
- township, commune; deme
- name for a prostitute
- faction in a circus
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ho dêmos |
tṑ dḗmō |
hoi dêmoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | toû dḗmou |
toîn dḗmoin |
tôn dḗmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | tôi dḗmōi |
toîn dḗmoin |
toîs dḗmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | tòn dêmon |
tṑ dḗmō |
toùs dḗmous | ||||||||||
Vocative | dême |
δήμω dḗmō |
dêmoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
Α ἰν ε σ ῐ́δημος (Ainesídēmos)- ἀλλόδημος (allódēmos)
- Ἀριστόδημος (Aristódēmos)
- Ἀρχέδημος (Arkhédēmos)
α ὐξ ῐ́δημος (auxídēmos)- δήμαρχος (dḗmarkhos)
- δημεραστής (dēmerastḗs)
- δημεύω (dēmeúō)
- δημεχθής (dēmekhthḗs)
- δημήγορος (dēmḗgoros)
- δημηλᾰ
σ ῐ́ᾱ (dēmēlasíā) - δημοβόρος (dēmobóros)
- δημογέρων (dēmogérōn)
- δημοεγερτής (dēmoegertḗs)
- δημοειδής (dēmoeidḗs)
- δημοθεές (dēmotheés)
- δημοθοινέω (dēmothoinéō)
- δημόθροος (dēmóthroos)
- δημοκηδής (dēmokēdḗs)
- Δημοκήδης (Dēmokḗdēs)
- Δημοκλείδης (Dēmokleídēs)
- δημοκλῑ́ναρχος (dēmoklī́narkhos)
- δημόκοινος (dēmókoinos)
- δημοκόλαξ (dēmokólax)
- δημοκοπέω (dēmokopéō)
- δημόκραντος (dēmókrantos)
- Δημοκράτης (Dēmokrátēs)
- Δημόκριτος (Dēmókritos)
- δημοκρᾰτέομαι (dēmokratéomai)
- δημόλευστος (dēmóleustos)
- Δημολέων (Dēmoléōn)
- δημολογέω (dēmologéō)
- δημολᾰ́λητος (dēmolálētos)
- Δημονίκη (Dēmoníkē)
- δημοποίητος (dēmopoíētos)
- δημόπρακτος (dēmópraktos)
- δημοπρᾱ́της (dēmoprā́tēs)
- δημοπῐ́θηκος (dēmopíthēkos)
- δημορρῐφής (dēmorrhiphḗs)
- Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs)
- δημόσσοος (dēmóssoos)
- δημοσσόος (dēmossóos)
- δημοστροφέω (dēmostrophéō)
- δημοσώστης (dēmosṓstēs)
- δημοτελής (dēmotelḗs)
- δημοτερπής (dēmoterpḗs)
δ η μ ο ῦχος (dēmoûkhos)- δημόφαντος (dēmóphantos)
- δημοφθόρος (dēmophthóros)
- Δημοφῶ
ν (Dēmophôn) - δημοφᾰ́γος (dēmophágos)
- δημοφᾰνής (dēmophanḗs)
- Δημοφᾰ́νης (Dēmophánēs)
- δημοφῐλής (dēmophilḗs)
- δημοχᾰρής (dēmokharḗs)
- δημώδης (dēmṓdēs)
- δημωφελής (dēmōphelḗs)
δ η μ ᾰγωγός (dēmagōgós)Δ η μ ᾰ́ρ ᾱτος (Dēmárātos)δ η μ ᾰ́ρ ᾱτος (dēmárātos)- ἔκδημος (ékdēmos)
- ἔνδημος (éndēmos)
- ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios)
- ἐ
π ῐ́δημος (epídēmos) Ε ὔδημος (Eúdēmos)Ε ὐθύδημος (Euthúdēmos)- ἐχεδημῐ́ᾱ (ekhedēmíā)
- Κλείδημος (Kleídēmos)
- κοινόδημος (koinódēmos)
- κρουσῐδημέω (krousidēméō)
- Μενέδημος (Menédēmos)
μ ῑσόδημος (mīsódēmos)Ν ῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos)- ὁμόδημος (homódēmos)
- πάνδημος (pándēmos)
π ο λ ῠ́δημος (polúdēmos)Τ ῑμόδημος (Tīmódēmos)Φ ῐλόδημος (Philódēmos)φ ῐλόδημος (philódēmos)- Χαρίδημος (Kharídēmos)
- ᾰ̓́δημος (ádēmos)
- ᾰ̓πόδημος (apódēmos)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “
δ ῆμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “
δ ῆμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers δ ῆμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)δ ῆμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
δ ῆμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963- G1218 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ho dêmos |
tṑ dḗmō |
hoi dêmoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | toû dḗmou |
toîn dḗmoin |
tôn dḗmōn | ||||||||||
Dative | tôi dḗmōi |
toîn dḗmoin |
toîs dḗmois | ||||||||||
Accusative | tòn dêmon |
tṑ dḗmō |
toùs dḗmous | ||||||||||
Vocative | dême |
δήμω dḗmō |
dêmoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms[edit]
κ ᾰτ ᾰνάγκη (katanánkē)
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