δήμιος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δᾱ́μῐος (dā́mĭos) — Doric
Etymology
From δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛ̌ː.mi.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈde̝.mi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈði.mi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈði.mi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈði.mi.os/
Adjective
δήμῐος • (dḗmĭos) m or f (neuter δήμῐον); second declension
- public, belonging to the people
- (masculine substantive)
- public executioner
- public physician
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Greek
Noun
δήμιος • (dímios) m (plural δήμιοι)
Declension
| 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.