Δημόκριτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Δᾱμόκρῐτος (Dāmókrĭtos)

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ κρῐτός (krĭtós, “chosen”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δημόκρῐτος • (Dēmókrĭtos) m (genitive Δημοκρῐ́του); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Democritus
    1. (in particular) the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus of Abdera

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Δημόκρῐτος; τοῦ Δημοκρῐ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δημόκρῐτος
ho Dēmókrĭtos
Genitive τοῦ Δημοκρῐ́του
toû Dēmokrĭ́tou
Dative τῷ Δημοκρῐ́τῳ
tōî Dēmokrĭ́tōi
Accusative τὸν Δημόκρῐτον
tòn Dēmókrĭton
Vocative Δημόκρῐτε
Dēmókrĭte
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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