δημιουργός

See also: Δημιουργός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δημῐοεργός (dēmĭoergós) — Epic
• δημιοργός (dēmiorgós)
• δαμιοργός (damiorgós)
• δαμιωργός (damiōrgós)
• δαμιεργός (damiergós)

Etymology

From an earlier unattested *δημιο-ϝεργός (*dēmio-wergós), from a univerbation of δήμια ἔργᾰ (dḗmia érgă). By surface analysis, δήμῐος (dḗmĭos, “public”) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós, “-worker”); for the second element, compare ἔργον (érgon, “labor, work”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mi.uːr.ɡós/ → /ði.mi.urˈɣos/ → /ði.mi.urˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mi.uːr.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.mi.urˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/

Noun

δημῐουργός • (dēmĭourgós) m (genitive δημῐουργοῦ); second declension

1. one who works for the people, a skilled workman, handicraftsman
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes:

     ὀρφναίη δ’ ἐπίκουρος ἐπαύετο δαιμονίη νύξ, ἡ πλείων, τάχα δ’ ὄρθρος ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός

     orphnaíē d’ epíkouros epaúeto daimoníē núx, hē pleíōn, tákha d’ órthros egígneto dēmioergós

     but his dark ally the divine night was almost over, and dawn the craftsman was quickly coming / Note: dawn is called ‘the craftsman’ because it wakes craftsmen and other people and makes them turn to their crafts.

   • c. 445 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 992:

     ἆρ’ οὐκ Ἐρινὺς τοῦτ’ ἐχάλκευσεν ξίφος κἀκεῖνον Ἅιδης, δημιουργὸς ἄγριος?

     âr’ ouk Erinùs toût’ ekhálkeusen xíphos kakeînon Háidēs, dēmiourgòs ágrios?

     Didn't the Fury forge this sword and Hades, the cruel craftsman, that [belt]?

   • circa 1st century AD, Hippocrates of Kos, Precepts 2 (author unknown):

     κάρτα γὰρ μεγάλην ὠφελίην περιποιήσει τοῖς γε νοσέουσι καὶ τοῖς τούτων δημιουργοῖς.

     kárta gàr megálēn ōphelíēn peripoiḗsei toîs ge noséousi kaì toîs toútōn dēmiourgoîs.

     For it will confer a big help to the sick anyway and to practitioners in this field.

   1. the maker of the world
2. (in some Peloponnesian states) magistrate

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δημῐουργός; τοῦ δημῐουργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δημῐουργός ho dēmĭourgós	τὼ δημῐουργώ tṑ dēmĭourgṓ	οἱ δημῐουργοί hoi dēmĭourgoí
Genitive	τοῦ δημῐουργοῦ toû dēmĭourgoû	τοῖν δημῐουργοῖν toîn dēmĭourgoîn	τῶν δημῐουργῶν tôn dēmĭourgôn
Dative	τῷ δημῐουργῷ tōî dēmĭourgōî	τοῖν δημῐουργοῖν toîn dēmĭourgoîn	τοῖς δημῐουργοῖς toîs dēmĭourgoîs
Accusative	τὸν δημῐουργόν tòn dēmĭourgón	τὼ δημῐουργώ tṑ dēmĭourgṓ	τοὺς δημῐουργούς toùs dēmĭourgoús
Vocative	δημῐουργέ dēmĭourgé	δημῐουργώ dēmĭourgṓ	δημῐουργοί dēmĭourgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δημιουργεῖον (dēmiourgeîon)
• δημιουργέω (dēmiourgéō)
• δημιούργημα (dēmioúrgēma)
• δημιουργία (dēmiourgía)
• δημῐουργῐκός (dēmĭourgĭkós)
• δημιούργιον (dēmioúrgion)
• δημιουργίς (dēmiourgís)
• ἐπιδημιουργοί (epidēmiourgoí)

Descendants

• Latin: dēmiūrgus, dāmiūrgus
  • → Catalan: demiürg
  • → French: démiurge
  • → Italian: demiurgo
  • → Portuguese: demiurgo
  • → Romanian: demiurg
  • → Russian: демиург (demiurg)
  • → Spanish: demiurgo

Further reading

• “δημιουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δημιουργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• δημιουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δημιουργός in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “δημιουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δημιουργός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “worker for the common good”). Synchronically analysable as being from stem δημι-, from δῆμος (dêmos) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from the root of έργο (érgo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ði.mi.uɾˈɣos/
• Hyphenation: δη‧μι‧ουρ‧γός

Noun

δημιουργός • (dimiourgós) m or f (plural δημιουργοί)

1. creator of original works, craftsman, artisan
2. Demiurge

Declension

Declension of δημιουργός

	singular	plural
nominative	δημιουργός (dimiourgós)	δημιουργοί (dimiourgoí)
genitive	δημιουργού (dimiourgoú)	δημιουργών (dimiourgón)
accusative	δημιουργό (dimiourgó)	δημιουργούς (dimiourgoús)
vocative	δημιουργέ (dimiourgé)	δημιουργοί (dimiourgoí)

Related terms

• αδημιούργητος (adimioúrgitos, “not created”)
• αναδημιουργία f (anadimiourgía, “recreation”)
• αναδημιουργικός (anadimiourgikós, “recreative”)
• αναδημιουργώ (anadimiourgó, “recreate”)
• αυτοδημιούργητος (aftodimioúrgitos, “self-created”)
• αυτοδημιουργούμαι (aftodimiourgoúmai, “self-create”)
• δημιούργημα n (dimioúrgima, “creation”)
• δημιουργημένος (dimiourgiménos, “created, successful”, participle)
• Δημιουργία f (Dimiourgía, “the Creation”)
• δημιουργία f (dimiourgía, “creation”)
• δημιουργικά (dimiourgiká, “creatively”)
• δημιουργικός (dimiourgikós, “creative”)
• δημιουργικότητα f (dimiourgikótita, “creativity”)
• δημιουργικώς (dimiourgikós, “creatively”)
• δημιουργώ (dimiourgó, “create”)
• and see: δήμος m (dímos) & έργο n (érgo, “the work”)

See also

• αίτιος (aítios, “responsible”)
• πρόξενος m (próxenos, “cause, consul”)