δημιουργός
See also: Δημιουργός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δημῐοεργός (dēmioergós) – Epic
Etymology
From δήμῐος (dḗmios, “public”) + -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”) (for the second element, compare ἔργον (érgon, “labor, work”)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mi.uːr.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.mi.urˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
Noun
δημῐουργός • (dēmiourgós) m (genitive δημῐουργοῦ); second declension
- one who works for the people, a skilled workman, handicraftsman
- 7th-6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes :
- ὀρφναίη δ’ ἐπίκουρος ἐπαύετο δαιμονίη νύξ, ἡ πλείων, τάχα δ’ ὄρθρος ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός
- orphnaíē d’ epíkouros epaúeto daimoníē núx, hē pleíōn, tákha d’ órthros egígneto dēmioergós
- but his dark ally the divine night was almost over, and dawn the craftsman was quickly coming / Note: dawn is called ‘the craftsman’ because it wakes craftsmen and other people and makes them turn to their crafts.
- ὀρφναίη δ’ ἐπίκουρος ἐπαύετο δαιμονίη νύξ, ἡ πλείων, τάχα δ’ ὄρθρος ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 992:
- ἆρ’ οὐκ Ἐρινὺς τοῦτ’ ἐχάλκευσεν ξίφος κἀκεῖνον Ἅιδης, δημιουργὸς ἄγριος?
- âr’ ouk Erinùs toût’ ekhálkeusen xíphos kakeînon Háidēs, dēmiourgòs ágrios?
- Didn't the Fury forge this sword and Hades, the cruel craftsman, that [belt]?
- ἆρ’ οὐκ Ἐρινὺς τοῦτ’ ἐχάλκευσεν ξίφος κἀκεῖνον Ἅιδης, δημιουργὸς ἄγριος?
- circa 1st century AD, Hippocrates, παραγγελίαι 2, (author unknown):
- κάρτα γὰρ μεγάλην ὠφελίην περιποιήσει τοῖς γε νοσέουσι καὶ τοῖς τούτων δημιουργοῖς.
- kárta gàr megálēn ōphelíēn peripoiḗsei toîs ge noséousi kaì toîs toútōn dēmiourgoîs.
- For it will confer a big help to the sick anyway and to practitioners in this field.
- κάρτα γὰρ μεγάλην ὠφελίην περιποιήσει τοῖς γε νοσέουσι καὶ τοῖς τούτων δημιουργοῖς.
- the maker of the world
- (in some Peloponesian states) magistrate
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ δημῐουργός; τοῦ δημῐουργοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δημῐουργός ho dēmiourgós | τὼ δημῐουργώ tṑ dēmiourgṓ | οἱ δημῐουργοί hoi dēmiourgoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δημῐουργοῦ toû dēmiourgoû | τοῖν δημῐουργοῖν toîn dēmiourgoîn | τῶν δημῐουργῶν tôn dēmiourgôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δημῐουργῷ tôi dēmiourgôi | τοῖν δημῐουργοῖν toîn dēmiourgoîn | τοῖς δημῐουργοῖς toîs dēmiourgoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δημῐουργόν tòn dēmiourgón | τὼ δημῐουργώ tṑ dēmiourgṓ | τοὺς δημῐουργούς toùs dēmiourgoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | δημῐουργέ dēmiourgé | δημῐουργώ dēmiourgṓ | δημῐουργοί dēmiourgoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δημῐουργῐκός (dēmiourgikós)
Further reading
- “δημιουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δημιουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δημιουργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “worker for the common good”). Synchronically analysable as being from stem δημι-, from δῆμος (dêmos) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from the root of έργο (érgo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ði.mi.uɾˈɣos/
- Hyphenation: δη‧μι‧ουρ‧γός
Noun
δημιουργός • (dimiourgós) m or f (plural δημιουργοί)
- creator of original works, craftsman, artisan
- Demiurge
Declension
declension of δημιουργός
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | δημιουργός • | δημιουργοί • |
genitive | δημιουργού • | δημιουργών • |
accusative | δημιουργό • | δημιουργούς • |
vocative | δημιουργέ • | δημιουργοί • |
Related terms
- αδημιούργητος (adimioúrgitos, “not created”)
- αναδημιουργία f (anadimiourgía, “recreation”)
- αναδημιουργικός (anadimiourgikós, “recreative”)
- αναδημιουργώ (anadimiourgó, “recreate”)
- αυτοδημιούργητος (aftodimioúrgitos, “self-created”)
- αυτοδημιουργούμαι (aftodimiourgoúmai, “self-create”)
- δημιούργημα n (dimioúrgima, “creation”)
- δημιουργία f (dimiourgía, “creation”)
- Δημιουργία f (Dimiourgía, “the Creation”)
- δημιουργικός (dimiourgikós, “creative”)
- δημιουργικότητα f (dimiourgikótita, “creativity”)
- δημιουργημένος (dimiourgiménos, “created, successful”, participle)
- δημιουργικά (dimiourgiká, “creatively”)
- δημιουργικώς (dimiourgikós, “creatively”)
- δημιουργώ (dimiourgó, “create”)
- and see: δήμος m (dímos) & έργο n (érgo, “the work”)
See also
- αίτιος (aítios, “responsible”)
- πρόξενος m (próxenos, “cause, consul”)