δῆμος

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Contents 1 Ancient Greek 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Inflection 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Descendants 1.4.4 References

[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Alternative spellings

• δᾶμος (Doric)

[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. a country, land
2. a deme, a subdivision of ancient Attica
3. the people, mainly the common people
   • circa 8^th 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. the 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
   • Ὅμηρος (Homer), Ἰλιάς (The Iliad), 12.213

     δῆμον ἐόντα

     being a commoner

6. the assembly of the people as a political body
7. democracy

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Derived terms

• δημιουργός
• δημοκρατία

[edit] Descendants

• English: deme
• Greek: δήμος

[edit] References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G1218