Demetae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dimētae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημῆται (Dēmêtai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈmeː.tae̯/, [d̪eːˈmeːt̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈme.te/, [d̪eˈmɛːt̪e]

Proper noun

Dēmētae m pl (genitive Dēmētārum); first declension

1. A tribe of Britannia, lying west of the Silures

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Dēmētae
Genitive	Dēmētārum
Dative	Dēmētīs
Accusative	Dēmētās
Ablative	Dēmētīs
Vocative	Dēmētae

References

• “Demetae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly