δημοτικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δημότης (dēmótēs, “commoner, fellow citizen”), from δῆμος (dêmos, “country, land”), + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mo.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.mo.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.mo.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.mo.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.mo.tiˈkos/
Adjective
δημοτῐκός • (dēmotĭkós) m (feminine δημοτῐκή, neuter δημοτῐκόν); first/second declension
- of or for the people, common
- of the populace, plebeian
- on the popular or democratic side
- affable, kind
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | δημοτῐκός dēmotĭkós |
δημοτῐκή dēmotĭkḗ |
δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón |
δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ |
δημοτῐκᾱ́ dēmotĭkā́ |
δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ |
δημοτῐκοί dēmotĭkoí |
δημοτῐκαί dēmotĭkaí |
δημοτῐκᾰ́ dēmotĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | δημοτῐκοῦ dēmotĭkoû |
δημοτῐκῆς dēmotĭkês |
δημοτῐκοῦ dēmotĭkoû |
δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn |
δημοτῐκαῖν dēmotĭkaîn |
δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn |
δημοτῐκῶν dēmotĭkôn |
δημοτῐκῶν dēmotĭkôn |
δημοτῐκῶν dēmotĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | δημοτῐκῷ dēmotĭkōî |
δημοτῐκῇ dēmotĭkēî |
δημοτῐκῷ dēmotĭkōî |
δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn |
δημοτῐκαῖν dēmotĭkaîn |
δημοτῐκοῖν dēmotĭkoîn |
δημοτῐκοῖς dēmotĭkoîs |
δημοτῐκαῖς dēmotĭkaîs |
δημοτῐκοῖς dēmotĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón |
δημοτῐκήν dēmotĭkḗn |
δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón |
δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ |
δημοτῐκᾱ́ dēmotĭkā́ |
δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ |
δημοτῐκούς dēmotĭkoús |
δημοτῐκᾱ́ς dēmotĭkā́s |
δημοτῐκᾰ́ dēmotĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | δημοτῐκέ dēmotĭké |
δημοτῐκή dēmotĭkḗ |
δημοτῐκόν dēmotĭkón |
δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ |
δημοτῐκᾱ́ dēmotĭkā́ |
δημοτῐκώ dēmotĭkṓ |
δημοτῐκοί dēmotĭkoí |
δημοτῐκαί dēmotĭkaí |
δημοτῐκᾰ́ dēmotĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δημοτῐκῶς dēmotĭkôs |
δημοτῐκώτερος dēmotĭkṓteros |
δημοτῐκώτᾰτος dēmotĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- δημοτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δημοτικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- δημοτικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “δημοτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δημοτικός, from δημότης (dēmótēs), from δῆμος (dêmos, “country, land”). For music, songs: calque of German Volkslieder.[1]
Adjective
δημοτικός • (dimotikós) m (feminine δημοτική, neuter δημοτικό)
- municipal
- δημοτική αρχή ― dimotikí archí ― municipal authority
- δημοτικοί άρχοντες ― dimotikoí árchontes ― municipal officials (the mayor and the council
- (music) folk, traditional
- Synonyms: παραδοσιακός (paradosiakós), λαϊκός (laïkós)
- δημοτική μουσική ― dimotikí mousikí ― folk music
- δημοτικό τραγούδι ― dimotikó tragoúdi ― folk song
- (linguistics, literature) demotic, of the people
- Synonym: δημώδης (dimódis)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | δημοτικός (dimotikós) | δημοτική (dimotikí) | δημοτικό (dimotikó) | δημοτικοί (dimotikoí) | δημοτικές (dimotikés) | δημοτικά (dimotiká) | |
| genitive | δημοτικού (dimotikoú) | δημοτικής (dimotikís) | δημοτικού (dimotikoú) | δημοτικών (dimotikón) | δημοτικών (dimotikón) | δημοτικών (dimotikón) | |
| accusative | δημοτικό (dimotikó) | δημοτική (dimotikí) | δημοτικό (dimotikó) | δημοτικούς (dimotikoús) | δημοτικές (dimotikés) | δημοτικά (dimotiká) | |
| vocative | δημοτικέ (dimotiké) | δημοτική (dimotikí) | δημοτικό (dimotikó) | δημοτικοί (dimotikoí) | δημοτικές (dimotikés) | δημοτικά (dimotiká) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο δημοτικός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δημοτικός, etc.)
Coordinate terms
- δημοκρατικός (dimokratikós, “democratic”, adjective)
- κοινή (koiní, “Koine, common”)
Derived terms
- δημοτική f sg (dimotikí, “Demotic language”, noun)
Related terms
- see: δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, the people”)
References
- ^ δημοτικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language