demos
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
demos (plural demoses or demoi)
- (originally Ancient Greece) An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together. [from 18th c.]
- (political science, singular or plural) The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people. [from 18th c.]
- 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 323:
- When the demos took charge, law and order inevitably collapsed, or so they concluded.
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected forms.
Noun edit
demos
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Noun edit
demos
Verb edit
demos
- first-person plural preterite indicative of dar
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dar:
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “[the common] people”).
Pronunciation edit
- dēmos: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.mos/, [ˈd̪eːmɔs̠]
- dēmos: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mos/, [ˈd̪ɛːmos]
- dēmōs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.moːs/, [ˈd̪eːmoːs̠]
- dēmōs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.mos/, [ˈd̪ɛːmos]
Noun edit
dēmos m (genitive dēmī); second declension
- a tract of land, a demos, a deme
- the inhabitants of a dēmos: people, especially the common people
- AD 77–79, Gaius Plinius Secundus (author), Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff (editor), Naturalis Historia (1906), book xxxv, chapter 30:
- pinxit demon atheniensium argumento quoque ingenioso. ostendebat namque varium: iracundum iniustum inconstantem, eundem exorabilem clementem misericordem; gloriosum…, excelsum humilem, ferocem fugacemque et omnia pariter.
- In his allegorical picture of the People of Athens, he has displayed singular ingenuity in the treatment of his subject; for in representing it, he had to depict it as at once fickle, choleric, unjust, and versatile; while, again, he had equally to show its attributes of implacability and clemency, compassionateness and pride, loftiness and humility, fierceness and timidity — and all these at once. ― translation from: John Bostock, The Natural History (1855), book xxxv, chap. 36
- pinxit demon atheniensium argumento quoque ingenioso. ostendebat namque varium: iracundum iniustum inconstantem, eundem exorabilem clementem misericordem; gloriosum…, excelsum humilem, ferocem fugacemque et omnia pariter.
- AD 77–79, Gaius Plinius Secundus (author), Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff (editor), Naturalis Historia (1906), book xxxv, chapter 30:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dēmos | dēmī |
Genitive | dēmī | dēmōrum |
Dative | dēmō | dēmīs |
Accusative | dēmon | dēmōs |
Ablative | dēmō | dēmīs |
Vocative | dēme | dēmī |
Synonyms edit
- (tract of land): pāgus (Pure Latin)
- (inhabitants of a demos):
Related terms edit
- dēmocratia (Mediaeval Latin)
Noun edit
dēmōs m
- accusative plural of dēmos
References edit
- “dēmos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dēmŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 494/3.
- Lists both senses.
- Lists only the “people” sense.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
- Hyphenation: de‧mos
Verb edit
demos
Pronunciation 2 edit
- Hyphenation: de‧mos
Noun edit
demos
Verb edit
demos
- inflection of dar:
Alternative forms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Greek demos.
Noun edit
demos n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
demos m pl
Verb edit
demos
- inflection of dar: