Demetrius
See also: Démétrius
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EtymologyEdit
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”).
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Demetrius
- A male given name, of mostly historical use in English.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), 3 John :12::
- Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear 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.
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male given name
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