δήμιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δᾱ́μῐος (dā́mios) — Doric

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, 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 • (dḗmios) 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 dḗmios	δήμῐον dḗmion		δημῐ́ω dēmíō	δημῐ́ω dēmíō		δήμῐοι dḗmioi	δήμῐᾰ dḗmia
Genitive		δημῐ́ου dēmíou	δημῐ́ου dēmíou		δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin	δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin		δημῐ́ων dēmíōn	δημῐ́ων dēmíōn
Dative		δημῐ́ῳ dēmíōi	δημῐ́ῳ dēmíōi		δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin	δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin		δημῐ́οις dēmíois	δημῐ́οις dēmíois
Accusative		δήμῐον dḗmion	δήμῐον dḗmion		δημῐ́ω dēmíō	δημῐ́ω dēmíō		δημῐ́ους dēmíous	δήμῐᾰ dḗmia
Vocative		δήμῐε dḗmie	δήμῐον dḗmion		δημῐ́ω dēmíō	δημῐ́ω dēmíō		δήμῐοι dḗmioi	δήμῐᾰ dḗmia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δημῐ́ως dēmíōs			δημῐώτερος dēmiṓteros			δημῐώτᾰτος dēmiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δημιόπρατος (dēmiópratos)
• δημῐουργός (dēmiourgós)

 

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 (2006–2024)
• 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.

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Greek

Noun

δήμιος • (dímios) m (plural δήμιοι)

1. executioner
2. hangman
3. headsman

Declension

Declension of δήμιος

	singular	plural
nominative	δήμιος •	δήμιοι •
genitive	δήμιου •,  δημίου •	δήμιων •,  δημίων •
accusative	δήμιο •	δήμιους •,  δημίους •
vocative	δήμιε •	δήμιοι •
Second forms are formal.