δημοπίθηκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ πῐ́θηκος (pĭ́thēkos, “ape”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.pí.tʰɛː.kos/ → /ði.moˈpi.θi.kos/ → /ði.moˈpi.θi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.pí.tʰɛː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.moˈpi.tʰe̝.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈpi.θi.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈpi.θi.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈpi.θi.kos/

Noun

δημοπῐ́θηκος • (dēmopĭ́thēkos) m (genitive δημοπῐθήκου); second declension

1. mob-jackanapes, charlatan

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δημοπῐ́θηκος; τοῦ δημοπῐθήκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δημοπῐ́θηκος ho dēmopĭ́thēkos	τὼ δημοπῐθήκω tṑ dēmopĭthḗkō	οἱ δημοπῐ́θηκοι hoi dēmopĭ́thēkoi
Genitive	τοῦ δημοπῐθήκου toû dēmopĭthḗkou	τοῖν δημοπῐθήκοιν toîn dēmopĭthḗkoin	τῶν δημοπῐθήκων tôn dēmopĭthḗkōn
Dative	τῷ δημοπῐθήκῳ tôi dēmopĭthḗkōi	τοῖν δημοπῐθήκοιν toîn dēmopĭthḗkoin	τοῖς δημοπῐθήκοις toîs dēmopĭthḗkois
Accusative	τὸν δημοπῐ́θηκον tòn dēmopĭ́thēkon	τὼ δημοπῐθήκω tṑ dēmopĭthḗkō	τοὺς δημοπῐθήκους toùs dēmopĭthḗkous
Vocative	δημοπῐ́θηκε dēmopĭ́thēke	δημοπῐθήκω dēmopĭthḗkō	δημοπῐ́θηκοι dēmopĭ́thēkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δημοπίθηκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δημοπίθηκος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)