δημόσιος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From *δημότ-ιος (-ios) with assibilation, from δημότης (dēmótēs, “one of the people; fellow citizen”), from δῆμο(ς) (dêmo(s)) + -της (-tēs)(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mó.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝ˈmo.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðiˈmo.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðiˈmo.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðiˈmo.si.os/
Adjective
δημόσῐος • (dēmósĭos) m (feminine δημοσῐ́ᾱ or δημοσῐ́η, neuter δημόσῐον); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | δημόσῐος dēmósĭos |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημόσῐοι dēmósĭoi |
δημόσῐαι dēmósĭai |
δημόσῐᾰ dēmósĭă | |||||
| Genitive | δημοσῐ́ου dēmosĭ́ou |
δημοσῐ́ᾱς dēmosĭ́ās |
δημοσῐ́ου dēmosĭ́ou |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́αιν dēmosĭ́ain |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́ων dēmosĭ́ōn |
δημοσῐ́ων dēmosĭ́ōn |
δημοσῐ́ων dēmosĭ́ōn | |||||
| Dative | δημοσῐ́ῳ dēmosĭ́ōi |
δημοσῐ́ᾳ dēmosĭ́āi |
δημοσῐ́ῳ dēmosĭ́ōi |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́αιν dēmosĭ́ain |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́οις dēmosĭ́ois |
δημοσῐ́αις dēmosĭ́ais |
δημοσῐ́οις dēmosĭ́ois | |||||
| Accusative | δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ᾱν dēmosĭ́ān |
δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ους dēmosĭ́ous |
δημοσῐ́ᾱς dēmosĭ́ās |
δημόσῐᾰ dēmósĭă | |||||
| Vocative | δημόσῐε dēmósĭe |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημόσῐοι dēmósĭoi |
δημόσῐαι dēmósĭai |
δημόσῐᾰ dēmósĭă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δημοσῐ́ως dēmosĭ́ōs |
δημοσῐώτερος dēmosĭṓteros |
δημοσῐώτᾰτος dēmosĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | δημόσῐος dēmósĭos |
δημοσῐ́η dēmosĭ́ē |
δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημόσῐοι dēmósĭoi |
δημόσῐαι dēmósĭai |
δημόσῐᾰ dēmósĭă | |||||
| Genitive | δημοσῐ́ου dēmosĭ́ou |
δημοσῐ́ης dēmosĭ́ēs |
δημοσῐ́ου dēmosĭ́ou |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́αιν dēmosĭ́ain |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́ων dēmosĭ́ōn |
δημοσῐέων / δημοσῐῶν dēmosĭéōn / dēmosĭôn |
δημοσῐ́ων dēmosĭ́ōn | |||||
| Dative | δημοσῐ́ῳ dēmosĭ́ōi |
δημοσῐ́ῃ dēmosĭ́ēi |
δημοσῐ́ῳ dēmosĭ́ōi |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́αιν dēmosĭ́ain |
δημοσῐ́οιν dēmosĭ́oin |
δημοσῐ́οισῐ / δημοσῐ́οισῐν / δημοσῐ́οις dēmosĭ́oisĭ(n) / dēmosĭ́ois |
δημοσῐ́ῃσῐ / δημοσῐ́ῃσῐν dēmosĭ́ēisĭ(n) |
δημοσῐ́οισῐ / δημοσῐ́οισῐν / δημοσῐ́οις dēmosĭ́oisĭ(n) / dēmosĭ́ois | |||||
| Accusative | δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ην dēmosĭ́ēn |
δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ους dēmosĭ́ous |
δημοσῐ́ᾱς dēmosĭ́ās |
δημόσῐᾰ dēmósĭă | |||||
| Vocative | δημόσῐε dēmósĭe |
δημοσῐ́η dēmosĭ́ē |
δημόσῐον dēmósĭon |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημοσῐ́ᾱ dēmosĭ́ā |
δημοσῐ́ω dēmosĭ́ō |
δημόσῐοι dēmósĭoi |
δημόσῐαι dēmósĭai |
δημόσῐᾰ dēmósĭă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δημοσῐ́ως dēmosĭ́ōs |
δημοσῐώτερος dēmosĭṓteros |
δημοσῐώτᾰτος dēmosĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- δημόσῐον (dēmósĭon)
- δᾱμοσῐ́ᾱ (dāmosĭ́ā)
- δημοσῐ́ᾳ (dēmosĭ́āi)
Further reading
- “δημόσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δημόσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δημόσιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δημόσῐος (dēmósĭos). The sense as in the neuter τὸ (tò) δημόσιον (dēmósion, “the state”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðiˈmo.si.os/
- Hyphenation: δη‧μό‧σι‧ος
Adjective
δημόσιος • (dimósios) m (feminine δημόσια, neuter δημόσιο)
- public
- δημόσια υγεία ― dimósia ygeía ― public health
- δημόσιο συμφέρον ― dimósio symféron ― public interest
- δημόσια ζωή ― dimósia zoḯ ― public life
- δημόσια εικόνα ― dimósia eikóna ― public image
- δημόσια εμφάνιση ― dimósia emfánisi ― public appearance
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | δημόσιος (dimósios) | δημόσια (dimósia) | δημόσιο (dimósio) | δημόσιοι (dimósioi) | δημόσιες (dimósies) | δημόσια (dimósia) | |
| genitive | δημόσιου (dimósiou) | δημόσιας (dimósias) | δημόσιου (dimósiou) | δημόσιων (dimósion) | δημόσιων (dimósion) | δημόσιων (dimósion) | |
| accusative | δημόσιο (dimósio) | δημόσια (dimósia) | δημόσιο (dimósio) | δημόσιους (dimósious) | δημόσιες (dimósies) | δημόσια (dimósia) | |
| vocative | δημόσιε (dimósie) | δημόσια (dimósia) | δημόσιο (dimósio) | δημόσιοι (dimósioi) | δημόσιες (dimósies) | δημόσια (dimósia) | |
Notes: the genitive plural form δημοσίων (dimosíon) is more common.
Derived terms
- δημόσιες σχέσεις f pl (dimósies schéseis, “public relations”)
Related terms
- αναδημοσίευμα n (anadimosíevma)
- αναδημοσιεύω (anadimosiévo)
- δημοσιά f (dimosiá, “public road”)
- δημόσια (dimósia, “publicly”, adverb), δημοσία (dimosía)
- δημοσίευμα n (dimosíevma, “published text and information”)
- δημοσίευση f (dimosíefsi, “publication”)
- δημοσιεύω (dimosiévo, “announce, report”) & related
- δημόσιο n (dimósio, “the state”)
- δημοσιότητα f (dimosiótita)
- δημοσίως (dimosíos, “publicly”, adverb)
- προδημοσιεύω (prodimosiévo) & related
δημοσιο- (dimosio-) compounds like
- δημοσιογραφικός (dimosiografikós, adjective)
- δημοσιογράφος m or f (dimosiográfos, “reporter”)
- δημοσιογραφώ (dimosiografó)
- δημοσιολόγος m or f (dimosiológos)
- δημοσιονομικός (dimosionomikós, “related to public finance”)
- δημοσιοποίηση f (dimosiopoíisi, “disclosure, notification”)
- δημοσιοποιώ (dimosiopoió) & related
- δημοσιοσχεσίτης m (dimosioschesítis), δημοσιοσχεσίτισσα f (dimosioschesítissa)
- δημοσιοϋπαλληλικός (dimosioÿpallilikós, adjective) & related
- and see: δήμος m (dímos) and municipality, the people
References
- ^ δημόσιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language