Δημόκριτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Δᾱμόκρῐτος (Dāmókrĭtos)

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ κρῐτός (krĭtós, “chosen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mó.kri.tos/ → /ðiˈmo.kri.tos/ → /ðiˈmo.kri.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mó.kri.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝ˈmo.kri.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmo.kri.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmo.kri.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmo.kri.tos/

Proper noun

Δημόκρῐτος • (Dēmókrĭtos) m (genitive Δημοκρῐ́του); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Democritus
   1. (in particular) the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus of Abdera

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Δημόκρῐτος; τοῦ Δημοκρῐ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δημόκρῐτος ho Dēmókrĭtos
Genitive	τοῦ Δημοκρῐ́του toû Dēmokrĭ́tou
Dative	τῷ Δημοκρῐ́τῳ tôi Dēmokrĭ́tōi
Accusative	τὸν Δημόκρῐτον tòn Dēmókrĭton
Vocative	Δημόκρῐτε Dēmókrĭte
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Δημόκριτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δημόκριτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “Δημόκριτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011