δημοτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner, fellow citizen”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “country, land”), + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.ti.kós/ → /ði.mo.tiˈkos/ → /ði.mo.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.mo.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.mo.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.mo.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.mo.tiˈkos/

Adjective

δημοτῐκός • (dēmotĭkós) m (feminine δημοτῐκή, neuter δημοτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for the people, common
2. of the populace, plebeian
3. on the popular or democratic side
4. affable, kind

Declension

First and second declension of δημοτῐκός; δημοτῐκή; δημοτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δημοτῐκός dēmotĭkós	δημοτῐκή dēmotĭkḗ	δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón		δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ	δημοτῐκᾱ́ dēmotĭkā́	δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ		δημοτῐκοί dēmotĭkoí	δημοτῐκαί dēmotĭkaí	δημοτῐκᾰ́ dēmotĭkắ
Genitive		δημοτῐκοῦ dēmotĭkoû	δημοτῐκῆς dēmotĭkês	δημοτῐκοῦ dēmotĭkoû		δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn	δημοτῐκαῖν dēmotĭkaîn	δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn		δημοτῐκῶν dēmotĭkôn	δημοτῐκῶν dēmotĭkôn	δημοτῐκῶν dēmotĭkôn
Dative		δημοτῐκῷ dēmotĭkôi	δημοτῐκῇ dēmotĭkêi	δημοτῐκῷ dēmotĭkôi		δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn	δημοτῐκαῖν dēmotĭkaîn	δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn		δημοτῐκοῖς dēmotĭkoîs	δημοτῐκαῖς dēmotĭkaîs	δημοτῐκοῖς dēmotĭkoîs
Accusative		δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón	δημοτῐκήν dēmotĭkḗn	δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón		δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ	δημοτῐκᾱ́ dēmotĭkā́	δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ		δημοτῐκούς dēmotĭkoús	δημοτῐκᾱ́ς dēmotĭkā́s	δημοτῐκᾰ́ dēmotĭkắ
Vocative		δημοτῐκέ dēmotĭké	δημοτῐκή dēmotĭkḗ	δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón		δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ	δημοτῐκᾱ́ dēmotĭkā́	δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ		δημοτῐκοί dēmotĭkoí	δημοτῐκαί dēmotĭkaí	δημοτῐκᾰ́ dēmotĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δημοτῐκῶς dēmotĭkôs				δημοτῐκώτερος dēmotĭkṓteros				δημοτῐκώτᾰτος dēmotĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: δημοτικός (dimotikós)
• → Latin: dēmoticus
  • → English: demotic, Demotic
  • French: démotique
  • Italian: demotico
  • Romanian: demotic
  • → Turkish: demotik

Further reading

• δημοτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δημοτικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “δημοτικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δημοτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δημοτικός, from δημότης (dēmótēs), from δῆμος (dêmos, “country, land”). For music, songs: calque of German Volkslieder.

Adjective

δημοτικός • (dimotikós) m (feminine δημοτική, neuter δημοτικό)

1. municipal

   δημοτική αρχή ― dimotikí archí ― municipal authority

   δημοτικοί άρχοντες ― dimotikoí árchontes ― municipal officials (the mayor and the council

2. (music) folk, traditional

   Synonyms: παραδοσιακός (paradosiakós), λαϊκός (laïkós)

   δημοτική μουσική ― dimotikí mousikí ― folk music

   δημοτικό τραγούδι ― dimotikó tragoúdi ― folk song

3. (linguistics, literature) demotic, of the people

   Synonym: δημώδης (dimódis)

Declension

Declension of δημοτικός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	δημοτικός (dimotikós)	δημοτική (dimotikí)	δημοτικό (dimotikó)		δημοτικοί (dimotikoí)	δημοτικές (dimotikés)	δημοτικά (dimotiká)
genitive	δημοτικού (dimotikoú)	δημοτικής (dimotikís)	δημοτικού (dimotikoú)		δημοτικών (dimotikón)	δημοτικών (dimotikón)	δημοτικών (dimotikón)
accusative	δημοτικό (dimotikó)	δημοτική (dimotikí)	δημοτικό (dimotikó)		δημοτικούς (dimotikoús)	δημοτικές (dimotikés)	δημοτικά (dimotiká)
vocative	δημοτικέ (dimotiké)	δημοτική (dimotikí)	δημοτικό (dimotikó)		δημοτικοί (dimotikoí)	δημοτικές (dimotikés)	δημοτικά (dimotiká)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο δημοτικός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δημοτικός, etc.)

Coordinate terms

• δημοκρατικός (dimokratikós, “democratic”, adjective)
• κοινή (koiní, “Koine, common”)

Derived terms

• δημοτική f sg (dimotikí, “Demotic language”, noun)

Related terms

• see: δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, the people”)