δήμιος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δᾱ́μῐος (dā́mios) – Doric
Etymology
From δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”) + -ῐος (-ios, 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 • (dḗmios) m or f (neuter δήμῐον); second declension
- public, belonging to the people
- (masculine substantive)
- public executioner
- public physician
Inflection
Second declension of δήμῐος; δήμῐον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δήμῐος dḗmios | δήμῐον dḗmion | δημῐ́ω dēmíō | δημῐ́ω dēmíō | δήμῐοι dḗmioi | δήμῐᾰ dḗmia | ||||||||
Genitive | δημῐ́ου dēmíou | δημῐ́ου dēmíou | δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin | δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin | δημῐ́ων dēmíōn | δημῐ́ων dēmíōn | ||||||||
Dative | δημῐ́ῳ dēmíōi | δημῐ́ῳ dēmíōi | δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin | δημῐ́οιν dēmíoin | δημῐ́οις dēmíois | δημῐ́οις dēmíois | ||||||||
Accusative | δήμῐον dḗmion | δήμῐον dḗmion | δημῐ́ω dēmíō | δημῐ́ω dēmíō | δημῐ́ους dēmíous | δήμῐᾰ dḗmia | ||||||||
Vocative | δήμῐε dḗmie | δήμῐον dḗmion | δημῐ́ω dēmíō | δημῐ́ω dēmíō | δήμῐοι dḗmioi | δήμῐᾰ dḗmia | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δημῐ́ως dēmíōs | δημῐώτερος dēmiṓteros | δημῐώτᾰτος dēmiṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δημιόπρατος (dēmiópratos)
- δημῐουργός (dēmiourgós)
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 (2006–2023)
- 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- public idem, page 655.
- state idem, page 812.
Greek
Noun
δήμιος • (dímios) m (plural δήμιοι)
- executioner
- hangman
- headsman
Declension
declension of δήμιος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | δήμιος • | δήμιοι • |
genitive | δήμιου • δημίου • | δήμιων • δημίων • |
accusative | δήμιο • | δήμιους • δημίους • |
vocative | δήμιε • | δήμιοι • |