δημοβόρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῆμος (dêmos, “people, free citizens”) + βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat up”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mo.bó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.moˈbo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.moˈβo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.moˈvo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.moˈvo.ros/
Adjective
δημοβόρος • (dēmobóros) m or f (neuter δημοβόρον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δημοβόρος dēmobóros |
δημοβόρον dēmobóron |
δημοβόρω dēmobórō |
δημοβόρω dēmobórō |
δημοβόροι dēmobóroi |
δημοβόρᾰ dēmobóră | ||||||||
| Genitive | δημοβόρου dēmobórou |
δημοβόρου dēmobórou |
δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin |
δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin |
δημοβόρων dēmobórōn |
δημοβόρων dēmobórōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δημοβόρῳ dēmobórōi |
δημοβόρῳ dēmobórōi |
δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin |
δημοβόροιν dēmobóroin |
δημοβόροις dēmobórois |
δημοβόροις dēmobórois | ||||||||
| Accusative | δημοβόρον dēmobóron |
δημοβόρον dēmobóron |
δημοβόρω dēmobórō |
δημοβόρω dēmobórō |
δημοβόρους dēmobórous |
δημοβόρᾰ dēmobóră | ||||||||
| Vocative | δημοβόρε dēmobóre |
δημοβόρον dēmobóron |
δημοβόρω dēmobórō |
δημοβόρω dēmobórō |
δημοβόροι dēmobóroi |
δημοβόρᾰ dēmobóră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δημοβόρως dēmobórōs |
δημοβορώτερος dēmoborṓteros |
δημοβορώτᾰτος dēmoborṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δημοβόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δημοβόρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δημοβόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δημοβόρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δημοβόρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)