[ˈdeː.mɔs], [ˈdɛː.mos], [ˈdeː.moːs]
OrigoBorrowed from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “[the common] people”).
- declension-2a tract of land, a demos, a deme
- declension-2the inhabitants of a dēmos: people, especially the common people
“pinxit demon atheniensium argumento quoque ingenioso. ostendebat namque varium: iracundum iniustum inconstantem, eundem exorabilem clementem misericordem; gloriosum…, excelsum humilem, ferocem fugacem” — 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
- accusative, form-of, pluralaccusative plural of dēmos
Formaedēmos(canonical, masculine) · dēmī(genitive) · dēmos(nominative, singular) · dēmī(nominative, plural) · dēmoe(nominative, plural) · dēmī(genitive, singular) · dēmōrum(genitive, plural) · dēmō(dative, singular) · dēmīs(dative, plural) · dēmon(accusative, singular) · dēmōs(accusative, plural) · dēmō(ablative, singular) · dēmīs(ablative, plural) · dēme(singular, vocative) · dēmī(plural, vocative) · dēmoe(plural, vocative) · dēmōs(canonical, masculine)
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