Δημολέων

Δημολέων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ λέων (léōn, “lion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.lé.ɔːn/ → /ði.moˈle.on/ → /ði.moˈle.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mo.lé.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.moˈle.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈle.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈle.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.moˈle.on/

Proper noun

Δημολέων • (Dēmoléōn) m (genitive Δημολέοντος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Demoleon, son of Antenor slain by Achilles

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δημολέων; τοῦ Δημολέοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δημολέων ho Dēmoléōn
Genitive	τοῦ Δημολέοντος toû Dēmoléontos
Dative	τῷ Δημολέοντῐ tôi Dēmoléonti
Accusative	τὸν Δημολέοντᾰ tòn Dēmoléonta
Vocative	Δημολέον Dēmoléon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Δημολέοντας (Dimoléontas)
• → Latin: Dēmoleōn

Further reading

• “Δημολέων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δημολέων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δημολέων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)