δέμας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέμω (démō, “build”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dé.mas/ → /ˈðe.mas/ → /ˈðe.mas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dé.mas/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.mas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.mas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðe.mas/

Noun

δέμᾰς • (démăs) n (indeclinable)

1. body
   1. (adverbial) in such a form or fashion

Usage notes

Typically refers to human bodies, but can sometimes refer to those of animals. Usually of a living body (as opposed to σῶμα (sôma)), but sometimes of a corpse.

References

• “δέμας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δέμας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δέμας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δέμας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δέμας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δέμας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δέμας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • body idem, page 87.
  • corpse idem, page 174.
  • frame idem, page 342.
  • person idem, page 608.
  • personal idem, page 608.
  • stature idem, page 813.
• LSJ 7th edition