demos

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “ordinary citizens, common people from a district, in a city-state”).

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Anagrams

• desmo-, modes, Mode S, Domes, domes, desmo

Noun

demos

1. plural of demo

Verb

demos

1. first-person plural preterite indicative of dar
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of dar:
   1. first-person plural preterite indicative
   2. first-person plural present subjunctive
   3. first-person plural imperative

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “[the common] people”).

Pronunciation

• dēmos: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mos/, [ˈd̪eːmɔs̠]
• dēmos: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mos/, [ˈd̪ɛːmos]
• dēmōs: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.moːs/, [ˈd̪eːmoːs̠]
• dēmōs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.mos/, [ˈd̪ɛːmos]

Noun

dēmos m (genitive dēmī); second declension

1. a tract of land, a demos, a deme
2. the inhabitants of a dēmos: people, especially the common people
   • AD 77–79, Gaius Plinius Secundus (author), Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff (editor), Naturalis Historia (1906), book xxxv, chapter 30:

     pinxit demon atheniensium argumento quoque ingenioso. ostendebat namque varium: iracundum iniustum inconstantem, eundem exorabilem clementem misericordem; gloriosum…, excelsum humilem, ferocem fugacemque et omnia pariter.

     In his allegorical picture of the People of Athens, he has displayed singular ingenuity in the treatment of his subject; for in representing it, he had to depict it as at once fickle, choleric, unjust, and versatile; while, again, he had equally to show its attributes of implacability and clemency, compassionateness and pride, loftiness and humility, fierceness and timidity — and all these at once. ― translation from: John Bostock, The Natural History (1855), book xxxv, chap. 36

Noun

dēmōs m

1. accusative plural of dēmos

References

• “dēmos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dēmŏs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 494/3.

  Lists both senses.

  Lists only the “people” sense.

Pronunciation 1

• Hyphenation: de‧mos

Pronunciation 2

• Hyphenation: de‧mos

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Greek [script needed] (demos).

Noun

demos n (uncountable)

1. demos

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdemos/ [ˈd̪e.mos]
• Rhymes: -emos
• Syllabification: de‧mos

Noun

demos m pl

1. plural of demo

Verb

demos

1. inflection of dar:
   1. first-person plural present subjunctive
   2. first-person plural imperative