Demosthenes

English

Etymology

From Latin Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/

Proper noun

Demosthenes

1. An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.

Derived terms

• Demosthenian
• Demosthenean

Related terms

• Demosthenic

Translations

Ancient Greek name

• Armenian: Դեմոսթենես (Demostʻenes)
• French: Démosthène (fr)
• German: Demosthenes
• Greek: Δημοσθένης (el) (Dimosthénis)

  Ancient: Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs)

• Italian: Demostene (it)
• Latin: Dēmosthenēs
• Persian: دموستنس (demostenes), دموستن (demosten)
• Romanian: Demostene
• Russian: Демосфе́н (Demosfén)
• Spanish: Demóstenes

Further reading

• “Demosthenic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

Proper noun

Dēmosthenēs m sg (genitive Dēmosthenis); third declension

1. a prominent Greek statesman and orator

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dēmosthenēs
Genitive	Dēmosthenis
Dative	Dēmosthenī
Accusative	Dēmosthenem
Ablative	Dēmosthene
Vocative	Dēmosthenēs

References

• “Demosthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Demosthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Demosthenes”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Demosthenes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Demosthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray