δημαγωγός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + ᾰ̓γωγός (agōgós, “leading, guiding”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.ma.ɡɔː.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.ma.ɡoˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/
Noun
δημᾰγωγός • (dēmagōgós) m (genitive δημᾰγωγοῦ); second declension
- a popular leader
- Isocrates, Collected Works 184D
- Lysias, Collected Works 178.33
- (in a bad sense) a leader of the mob, an unprincipled, factious orator, demagogue
- Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.21
- Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.27
- Andocides, Collected Works 32.37:
- λόγοι δημαγωγοῦ, ἔργα τυράννου
- lógoi dēmagōgoû, érga turánnou
- λόγοι δημαγωγοῦ, ἔργα τυράννου
- Aristotle, Politics 5.11.12:
- ἔστι γὰρ ὁ δημαγωγὸς τοῦ δήμου κόλαξ
- ésti gàr ho dēmagōgòs toû dḗmou kólax
- ἔστι γὰρ ὁ δημαγωγὸς τοῦ δήμου κόλαξ
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ δημᾰγωγός; τοῦ δημᾰγωγοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δημᾰγωγός ho dēmagōgós | τὼ δημᾰγωγώ tṑ dēmagōgṓ | οἱ δημᾰγωγοί hoi dēmagōgoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δημᾰγωγοῦ toû dēmagōgoû | τοῖν δημᾰγωγοῖν toîn dēmagōgoîn | τῶν δημᾰγωγῶν tôn dēmagōgôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δημᾰγωγῷ tôi dēmagōgôi | τοῖν δημᾰγωγοῖν toîn dēmagōgoîn | τοῖς δημᾰγωγοῖς toîs dēmagōgoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δημᾰγωγόν tòn dēmagōgón | τὼ δημᾰγωγώ tṑ dēmagōgṓ | τοὺς δημᾰγωγούς toùs dēmagōgoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | δημᾰγωγέ dēmagōgé | δημᾰγωγώ dēmagōgṓ | δημᾰγωγοί dēmagōgoí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- δημηγόρος (dēmēgóros)
Derived terms
- δημᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ (dēmagōgíā)
- δημᾰγωγῐκός (dēmagōgikós)
References
- “δημαγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δημαγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δημαγωγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δημαγωγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- agitator idem, page 19.
- demagogue idem, page 209.
- people idem, page 604.
- ranter idem, page 672.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós).
Noun
δημαγωγός • (dimagogós) m (plural δημαγωγοί)
- demagogue
Declension
declension of δημαγωγός
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | δημαγωγός • | δημαγωγοί • |
genitive | δημαγωγού • | δημαγωγών • |
accusative | δημαγωγό • | δημαγωγούς • |
vocative | δημαγωγέ • | δημαγωγοί • |