δημοβόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people, free citizens”) +‎ βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat up”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.bó.ros/ → /ði.moˈβo.ros/ → /ði.moˈvo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.bó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.moˈbo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈβo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈvo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈvo.ros/

Adjective

δημοβόρος • (dēmobóros) m or f (neuter δημοβόρον); second declension

1. devourer of the people (epithet of reproach)

Declension

Second declension of δημοβόρος; δημοβόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δημοβόρος dēmobóros	δημοβόρον dēmobóron		δημοβόρω dēmobórō	δημοβόρω dēmobórō		δημοβόροι dēmobóroi	δημοβόρᾰ dēmobóra
Genitive		δημοβόρου dēmobórou	δημοβόρου dēmobórou		δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin	δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin		δημοβόρων dēmobórōn	δημοβόρων dēmobórōn
Dative		δημοβόρῳ dēmobórōi	δημοβόρῳ dēmobórōi		δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin	δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin		δημοβόροις dēmobórois	δημοβόροις dēmobórois
Accusative		δημοβόρον dēmobóron	δημοβόρον dēmobóron		δημοβόρω dēmobórō	δημοβόρω dēmobórō		δημοβόρους dēmobórous	δημοβόρᾰ dēmobóra
Vocative		δημοβόρε dēmobóre	δημοβόρον dēmobóron		δημοβόρω dēmobórō	δημοβόρω dēmobórō		δημοβόροι dēmobóroi	δημοβόρᾰ dēmobóra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δημοβόρως dēmobórōs			δημοβορώτερος dēmoborṓteros			δημοβορώτᾰτος dēmoborṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δημοβόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δημοβόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δημοβόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δημοβόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δημοβόρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)