δημεῖον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mêː.on/ → /ðiˈmi.on/ → /ðiˈmi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝ˈmi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.on/

Noun

δημεῖον • (dēmeîon) n (genitive δημείου); second declension

1. (falsa lectio) Synonym of δήμιον (dḗmion, “the sovereign people”)
   • 380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 439e, (ed. C.H. Hermann, Leipz. 1853. 1856^[1])

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δημεῖον; τοῦ δημείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δημεῖον tò dēmeîon	τὼ δημείω tṑ dēmeíō	τᾰ̀ δημεῖᾰ tà dēmeîa
Genitive	τοῦ δημείου toû dēmeíou	τοῖν δημείοιν toîn dēmeíoin	τῶν δημείων tôn dēmeíōn
Dative	τῷ δημείῳ tôi dēmeíōi	τοῖν δημείοιν toîn dēmeíoin	τοῖς δημείοις toîs dēmeíois
Accusative	τὸ δημεῖον tò dēmeîon	τὼ δημείω tṑ dēmeíō	τᾰ̀ δημεῖᾰ tà dēmeîa
Vocative	δημεῖον dēmeîon	δημείω dēmeíō	δημεῖᾰ dēmeîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn