δημός

See also: Δήμος, δήμος, and δῆμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mo- from *deh₂- (“to flow”), whence Old Armenian տամուկ (tamuk, “humid, moist”), Albanian dhjamë (“fat”), Sanskrit दानु (dānu, “fluid, drop”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mós/ → /ðiˈmos/ → /ðiˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝ˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmos/

Noun

δημός • (dēmós) m (genitive δημοῦ); second declension

1. fat
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.750
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 538
   • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 40
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 23.243
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.380

Declension

Second declension of ὁ δημός; τοῦ δημοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ δημός ho dēmós
Genitive	τοῦ δημοῦ toû dēmoû
Dative	τῷ δημῷ tôi dēmôi
Accusative	τὸν δημόν tòn dēmón
Vocative	δημέ dēmé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δημός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δημός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δημός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δημός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δημός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fat idem, page 309.