Δημοσθένης
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From δῆμος (dêmos) + σθένος (sthénos) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mos.tʰé.nɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de̝.mosˈtʰe.ne̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.mosˈθe.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.mosˈθe.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.mosˈθe.nis/
Proper noun edit
Δημοσθένης • (Dēmosthénēs) m (genitive Δημοσθένους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Demosthenes
- in particular, the 4th century BCE orator Demosthenes
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Δημοσθένης ho Dēmosthénēs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Δημοσθένους toû Dēmosthénous | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Δημοσθένει tôi Dēmosthénei | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Δημοσθένη tòn Dēmosthénē | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Δημόσθενες Dēmósthenes | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: Δημοσθένης (Dimosthénis)
- → Latin: Dēmosthenēs
Further reading edit
- Δημοσθένης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008