δήμιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δᾱ́μῐος (dā́mĭos) — Doric

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”) +‎ -ῐος (-ĭos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ː.mi.os/ → /ˈði.mi.os/ → /ˈði.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛ̌ː.mi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈde̝.mi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.mi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.mi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.mi.os/

Adjective

δήμῐος • (dḗmĭos) m or f (neuter δήμῐον); second declension

1. public, belonging to the people
2. (masculine substantive)
   1. public executioner
   2. public physician

Inflection

Second declension of δήμῐος; δήμῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δήμῐος dḗmĭos	δήμῐον dḗmĭon		δημῐ́ω dēmĭ́ō	δημῐ́ω dēmĭ́ō		δήμῐοι dḗmĭoi	δήμῐᾰ dḗmĭă
Genitive		δημῐ́ου dēmĭ́ou	δημῐ́ου dēmĭ́ou		δημῐ́οιν dēmĭ́oin	δημῐ́οιν dēmĭ́oin		δημῐ́ων dēmĭ́ōn	δημῐ́ων dēmĭ́ōn
Dative		δημῐ́ῳ dēmĭ́ōi	δημῐ́ῳ dēmĭ́ōi		δημῐ́οιν dēmĭ́oin	δημῐ́οιν dēmĭ́oin		δημῐ́οις dēmĭ́ois	δημῐ́οις dēmĭ́ois
Accusative		δήμῐον dḗmĭon	δήμῐον dḗmĭon		δημῐ́ω dēmĭ́ō	δημῐ́ω dēmĭ́ō		δημῐ́ους dēmĭ́ous	δήμῐᾰ dḗmĭă
Vocative		δήμῐε dḗmĭe	δήμῐον dḗmĭon		δημῐ́ω dēmĭ́ō	δημῐ́ω dēmĭ́ō		δήμῐοι dḗmĭoi	δήμῐᾰ dḗmĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δημῐ́ως dēmĭ́ōs			δημῐώτερος dēmĭṓteros			δημῐώτᾰτος dēmĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δημιόπρατος (dēmiópratos)
• δημῐουργός (dēmĭourgós)

References

• “δήμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δήμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δήμιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δήμιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δήμιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δήμιος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • public idem, page 655.
  • state idem, page 812.

Greek

Noun

δήμιος • (dímios) m (plural δήμιοι)

1. executioner
2. hangman
3. headsman

Declension

Declension of δήμιος

	singular	plural
nominative	δήμιος (dímios)	δήμιοι (dímioi)
genitive	δήμιου (dímiou) δημίου (dimíou)	δήμιων (dímion) δημίων (dimíon)
accusative	δήμιο (dímio)	δήμιους (dímious) δημίους (dimíous)
vocative	δήμιε (dímie)	δήμιοι (dímioi)

Second forms are formal.