Δημοσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos) +‎ σθένος (sthénos) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mos.tʰé.nɛːs/ → /ði.mosˈθe.nis/ → /ði.mosˈθe.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mos.tʰé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.mosˈtʰe.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.mosˈθe.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.mosˈθe.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.mosˈθe.nis/

Proper noun

Δημοσθένης • (Dēmosthénēs) m (genitive Δημοσθένους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Demosthenes
2. in particular, the 4th century BCE orator Demosthenes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δημοσθένης; τοῦ Δημοσθένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δημοσθένης ho Dēmosthénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Δημοσθένους toû Dēmosthénous
Dative	τῷ Δημοσθένει tôi Dēmosthénei
Accusative	τὸν Δημοσθένη tòn Dēmosthénē
Vocative	Δημόσθενες Dēmósthenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δημοσθένης (Dimosthénis)
• → Latin: Dēmosthenēs

Further reading

• Δημοσθένης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008