deme

See also: déme, dėmė, dėme, and dėmę

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”). Doublet of demos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm
• Homophone: deem (Received Pronunciation)

Noun

deme (plural demes)

1. A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.

   Synonym: demos

   • 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:

     If two persons bore the same name […] ambiguity was avoided […] by indicating their place of origin, the name of the tribe or deme being added for persons of the same town […] , and the name of the country or town for foreigners […] .

   • 2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece, page 97:

     They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.

2. (ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals.

Derived terms

• biodeme
• cytodeme
• demarch
• demesman
• demewise
• demic
• ecodeme
• genodeme
• macrodeme
• morphodeme
• paleodeme

Translations

township of Attica

• Finnish: demos (fi)
• French: dème (fr) m
• Greek: δήμος (el) m (dímos)

  Ancient: δῆμος m (dêmos)

Further reading

• deme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• deme (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Deem, Mede, deem, meed

Japanese

Romanization

deme

1. Rōmaji transcription of でめ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.mɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.me]

Etymology 1

See dēmō (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).

Verb

dēme

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēmō

Etymology 2

See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).

Noun

dēme m

1. vocative singular of dēmos

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.me/

Verb

dēme

1. inflection of dēman:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeme/ [ˈd̪e.me]
• Rhymes: -eme
• Syllabification: de‧me

Verb

deme

1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with me

Turkish

Noun

deme (definite accusative demeyi, plural demeler)

1. verbal noun of demek

Verb

deme

1. second-person singular negative imperative of demek