Δημήτριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mɛ̌ː.tri.os/ → /ðiˈmi.tri.os/ → /ðiˈmi.tri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mɛ̌ː.tri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝ˈme̝.tri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.tri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.tri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.tri.os/

Proper noun

Δημήτριος • (Dēmḗtrios) m (genitive Δημητρίου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δημήτριος; τοῦ Δημητρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δημήτριος ho Dēmḗtrios
Genitive	τοῦ Δημητρίου toû Dēmētríou
Dative	τῷ Δημητρίῳ tôi Dēmētríōi
Accusative	τὸν Δημήτριον tòn Dēmḗtrion
Vocative	Δημήτριε Dēmḗtrie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δημητριάς (Dēmētriás)

Descendants

• Greek: Δημητριος (Dimitrios), Δημητρης (Dimitris)
• → Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitǎr)
• → Latin: Demetrius
  • → English: Demetrius
  • → Hungarian: Demeter, Dömötör
  • → Italian: Demetrio
  • → Polish: Demetriusz
  • → Portuguese: Demétrio
  • → Romanian: Dumitru
  • → Spanish: Demetrio
• → Macedonian: Димитар (Dimitar), Димитриј (Dimitrij)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: Димитрије

  Latin script: Dimitrije

• → Slovene: Dimitrij
• → Old Church Slavonic: Дмитреі (Dmitrei)
  • → Belarusian: Зьміцер (Zʹmicjer)
  • → Polish: Dymitr
  • → Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij)
    • ⇒ Russian: (diminutive) Митя (Mitja)
      • → Slovene: Mitja
      • → Slovene: Mitja
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Дмитар

    Latin script: Dmitar

  • → Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)

Further reading

• “Δημήτριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Δημήτριος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1216 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈmitɾios/
• Hyphenation: Δη‧μή‧τρι‧ος

Proper noun

Δημήτριος • (Dimítrios) m

1. a male given name, Demetrius, Dimitri
2. A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 26 October.

Declension

  Δημήτριος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Δημήτριος •
genitive	Δημητρίου •
accusative	Δημήτριο •
vocative	Δημήτριε •

Related terms

• (informal form) Δημήτρης m (Dimítris)
• (pet forms) Δήμος m (Dímos), Μήτρος m (Mítros), Μήτσος m (Mítsos), Μίμης m (Mímis)
• (feminine form) Δήμητρα f (Dímitra)