δῆμος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛ̂ː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde̝.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.mos/
Etymology 1
[edit]Together with Mycenaean Greek 𐀅𐀗 (da-mo), traceable back to Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂mos (“part, division”), from *deh₂- (“to share, divide”) + *-mos.[1] Equivalent to δαίομαι (daíomai) + -μος (-mos).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]δῆμος • (dêmos) m (genitive δήμου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Koine)
- district, country, land
- the inhabitants of a district or land
- the common people
- free citizens, sovereign people
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1011:
- δοκοῦντα καὶ δόξαντ’ ἀπαγγέλλειν με χρὴ δήμου προβούλοις τῆσδε Καδμείας πόλεως:
- dokoûnta kaì dóxant’ apangéllein me khrḕ dḗmou proboúlois têsde Kadmeías póleōs:
- It is my duty to announce the will and decrees of the council on behalf of the people of this our Cadmean city.
- δοκοῦντα καὶ δόξαντ’ ἀπαγγέλλειν με χρὴ δήμου προβούλοις τῆσδε Καδμείας πόλεως:
- popular government, democracy
- popular assembly
- 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 565b:
- ἀναγκάζονται δὴ οἶμαι ἀμύνεσθαι, λέγοντές τε ἐν τῷ δήμῳ καὶ πράττοντες ὅπῃ δύνανται
- anankázontai dḕ oîmai amúnesthai, légontés te en tôi dḗmōi kaì práttontes hópēi dúnantai
- [they] are compelled to defend themselves by speeches in the assembly and any action in their power
- ἀναγκάζονται δὴ οἶμαι ἀμύνεσθαι, λέγοντές τε ἐν τῷ δήμῳ καὶ πράττοντες ὅπῃ δύνανται
- township, commune; deme
- name for a prostitute
- faction in a circus
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῆμος ho dêmos |
τὼ δήμω tṑ dḗmō |
οἱ δῆμοι hoi dêmoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δήμου toû dḗmou |
τοῖν δήμοιν toîn dḗmoin |
τῶν δήμων tôn dḗmōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δήμῳ tôi dḗmōi |
τοῖν δήμοιν toîn dḗmoin |
τοῖς δήμοις toîs dḗmois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῆμον tòn dêmon |
τὼ δήμω tṑ dḗmō |
τοὺς δήμους toùs dḗmous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῆμε dême |
δήμω dḗmō |
δῆμοι dêmoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
[edit]- ᾰ̓́δημος (ádēmos)
- Αἰνεσῐ́δημος (Ainesídēmos)
- ἀλλόδημος (allódēmos)
- ᾰ̓πόδημος (apódēmos)
- Ἀριστόδημος (Aristódēmos)
- Ἀρχέδημος (Arkhédēmos)
- αὐξῐ́δημος (auxídēmos)
- δημᾰγωγός (dēmagōgós)
- Δημᾰ́ρᾱτος (Dēmárātos)
- δημᾰ́ρᾱτος (dēmárātos)
- δήμαρχος (dḗmarkhos)
- δημεραστής (dēmerastḗs)
- δημεύω (dēmeúō)
- δημεχθής (dēmekhthḗs)
- δημήγορος (dēmḗgoros)
- δημηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (dēmēlasíā)
- δημοβόρος (dēmobóros)
- δημογέρων (dēmogérōn)
- δημοεγερτής (dēmoegertḗs)
- δημοειδής (dēmoeidḗs)
- δημοθεές (dēmotheés)
- δημοθοινέω (dēmothoinéō)
- δημόθροος (dēmóthroos)
- δημοκηδής (dēmokēdḗs)
- Δημοκήδης (Dēmokḗdēs)
- Δημοκλείδης (Dēmokleídēs)
- δημοκλῑ́ναρχος (dēmoklī́narkhos)
- δημόκοινος (dēmókoinos)
- δημοκόλαξ (dēmokólax)
- δημοκοπέω (dēmokopéō)
- δημόκραντος (dēmókrantos)
- δημοκρᾰτέομαι (dēmokratéomai)
- Δημοκράτης (Dēmokrátēs)
- Δημόκριτος (Dēmókritos)
- δημολᾰ́λητος (dēmolálētos)
- δημόλευστος (dēmóleustos)
- Δημολέων (Dēmoléōn)
- δημολογέω (dēmologéō)
- Δημονίκη (Dēmoníkē)
- δημοπῐ́θηκος (dēmopíthēkos)
- δημοποίητος (dēmopoíētos)
- δημόπρακτος (dēmópraktos)
- δημοπρᾱ́της (dēmoprā́tēs)
- δημορρῐφής (dēmorrhiphḗs)
- Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs)
- δημόσσοος (dēmóssoos)
- δημοσσόος (dēmossóos)
- δημοστροφέω (dēmostrophéō)
- δημοσώστης (dēmosṓstēs)
- δημοτελής (dēmotelḗs)
- δημοτερπής (dēmoterpḗs)
- δημότης (dēmótēs)
- δημοτικός (dēmotikós)
- δημοῦχος (dēmoûkhos)
- δημοφᾰ́γος (dēmophágos)
- Δημοφᾰ́νης (Dēmophánēs)
- δημοφᾰνής (dēmophanḗs)
- δημόφαντος (dēmóphantos)
- δημοφθόρος (dēmophthóros)
- δημοφῐλής (dēmophilḗs)
- Δημοφῶν (Dēmophôn)
- δημοχᾰρής (dēmokharḗs)
- δημώδης (dēmṓdēs)
- δημωφελής (dēmōphelḗs)
- ἔκδημος (ékdēmos)
- ἔνδημος (éndēmos)
- ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios)
- ἐπῐ́δημος (epídēmos)
- Εὔδημος (Eúdēmos)
- Εὐθύδημος (Euthúdēmos)
- ἐχεδημῐ́ᾱ (ekhedēmíā)
- Κλείδημος (Kleídēmos)
- κοινόδημος (koinódēmos)
- κρουσῐδημέω (krousidēméō)
- Μενέδημος (Menédēmos)
- μῑσόδημος (mīsódēmos)
- Νῑκόδημος (Nīkódēmos)
- ὁμόδημος (homódēmos)
- πάνδημος (pándēmos)
- πολῠ́δημος (polúdēmos)
- Τῑμόδημος (Tīmódēmos)
- φῐλόδημος (philódēmos)
- Φῐλόδημος (Philódēmos)
- Χαρίδημος (Kharídēmos)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]δῆμος • (dêmos) m (genitive δήμου); second declension
Declension
[edit]| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δῆμος ho dêmos |
τὼ δήμω tṑ dḗmō |
οἱ δῆμοι hoi dêmoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δήμου toû dḗmou |
τοῖν δήμοιν toîn dḗmoin |
τῶν δήμων tôn dḗmōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δήμῳ tôi dḗmōi |
τοῖν δήμοιν toîn dḗmoin |
τοῖς δήμοις toîs dḗmois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δῆμον tòn dêmon |
τὼ δήμω tṑ dḗmō |
τοὺς δήμους toùs dḗmous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῆμε dême |
δήμω dḗmō |
δῆμοι dêmoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Synonyms
[edit]- κᾰτᾰνάγκη (katanánkē)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δῆμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325, posits after Pedersen possibly feminine Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos (“people”) by comparing Old Welsh dauu (“client”), Welsh daw, dawf (“son-in-law”), Old Cornish dof (“son-in-law”), Old Irish dám (“company”), though the Celtic terms are now connected to *dṓm (“house, home”) (see them for more)
- ^ “δῆμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Further reading
[edit]- “δῆμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δῆμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δῆμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- δῆμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- δῆμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G1218 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- Bernal, Martin (2006) Black Athena. Volume III. The Linguistic Evidence, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 415, derived from Egyptian dmj (“town, village”)
- Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “δῆμος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 380–381
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