δῆμος

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[edit] Ancient Greek

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₂mos. Cognates include Old Irish dām and Old Welsh dauu.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [dɛ́ː̀mos]
  • (Koine): IPA: [dˈeːmo̞s]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [ðˈimos]

[edit] Noun

δῆμος (genitive δήμου) m, second declension; (dēmos)

  1. country, land
  2. A deme, a subdivision of ancient Attica.
  3. People, mainly the common people.
    • circa 8th century BC, Ὅμηρος (Homer), Ἰλιάς (The Iliad), 3.50:
      πατρί τε σῷ μέγα πῆμα πόληΐ τε παντί τε δήμῳ
      great pain upon your father, your city, and your people
  4. Common people, i.e. the democratic faction.
    ἦν γὰρ Πειθίας ἐθελοπρόξενός τε τῶν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τοῦ δήμου προειστήκει (Thucydides, Hist.3.70)
    for Peithias was a volunteer proxenus of the Athenians and the leader of the democratic faction
  5. (rare) commoner
  6. Assembly of the people as a political body.
  7. democracy

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