Demetrius

See also: Démétrius

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmiːtɹɪəs/

Proper noun

Demetrius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of mostly historical use in English.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 3 John 1:12, column 2:

     Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it ſelfe: yea, and we alſo beare record, and ye know that our record is true.

   • 2007, Don DeLillo, Falling Man, Scribner, →ISBN, page 105:

     The easy names were the ones she forgot. But this one wasn't easy and it was like the swaggering name of some football player from Alabama and that's how she remembered it, Demetrius, badly burned in the other tower, the south tower.

Related terms

• Demeter
• Demetria
• Demi
• Dmitry

Translations

male given name

• Akkadian: 𒁲𒂊𒁁𒊑𒋢 (de-e-meṭ-ri-su)
• Albanian: Dhimitër
• Armenian: Դեմետր (Demetr), Դեմետրիոս (Demetrios)
• Belarusian: Дзмі́трый m (Dzmítryj), Змі́цер m (Zmícjer), Дзьмі́тры m (Dzʹmítry), Зьмі́цер m (Zʹmícjer) (dated or Taraškievica orthography)

  Roman: Dzmitryj m, Zmicier m, Dźmitry m, Źmicier m (łacinka)

• Bulgarian: Димитър (bg) m (Dimitǎr)
• Cherokee: ᏗᎻᏟᏯ (dimitliya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 德米特里 (Démǐtèlǐ)

• Chuvash: Мӗтри (Mĕtri)
• Erzya: Митяй (Miťaj), Митрей (Mitŕej), Минько (Mińko)
• Finnish: Demetrios
• French: Démétrios m, Démétrius m
• Georgian: დემეტრე (demeṭre), დიმიტრი (dimiṭri)
• German: Demetrius (de) m
• Greek: Δημήτριος (el) m (Dimítrios), Δημήτρης (el) m (Dimítris)
• Hebrew: דמיטרי m (dmitrij)
• Hungarian: Demeter (hu), Dömötör (hu)
• Italian: Demetrio (it) m
• Japanese: ドミトリー (Domitorī)
• Korean: 드미트리 (Deumiteuri)
• Latin: Dēmētrius m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Мичу (Miču), Метрий (Metrij), Митриш (Mitriš)

• Persian: دمیتری
• Polish: Demetriusz (pl) m, Dymitr (pl) m
• Portuguese: Demétrio (pt) m
• Romanian: Dumitru m, Demis m, Demetrius m

  Cyrillic: Думитру m (Dumitru)

• Russian: Дми́трий (ru) m (Dmítrij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Димитрие m, Дмитар m

  Roman: Dimitrie m, Dmitar m

• Slovak: Demeter m
• Spanish: Demetrio (es) m
• Thai: ดมิตรี (dà-mí-dtree)
• Turkish: Demeter (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дмитро́ (uk) m (Dmytró)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈmeː.tri.us/, [d̪eːˈmeːt̪riʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈme.tri.us/, [d̪eˈmɛːt̪rius]

Proper noun

Dēmētrius m sg (genitive Dēmētriī or Dēmētrī); second declension

1. A Greek male given name from Ancient Greek

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dēmētrius
Genitive	Dēmētriī Dēmētrī1
Dative	Dēmētriō
Accusative	Dēmētrium
Ablative	Dēmētriō
Vocative	Dēmētrī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Belarusian: Дзмітрый (Dzmitryj)
• Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitǎr)
• English: Demetrius
• French: Démétrios, Démétrius
• Georgian: დემეტრე (demeṭre)
• Hungarian: Demeter
• Italian: Demetrio
• Portuguese: Demétrio
• Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij) (see there for further descendants)
• Spanish: Demetrio
• Ukrainian: Дмитро́ (Dmytró)