English

Proper noun

Demosthenes

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

Translations

Derived terms

• Demosthenian
• Demosthenean

Related terms

• Demosthenic

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης ‎(Dēmosthénēs).

Proper noun

Dēmosthenēs m ‎(genitive Dēmosthenis); third declension

1. a prominent Greek statesman and orator

Declension

Third declension.

References

• Demosthenes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Demosthenes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Demosthenes in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray