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Deme

Deme

(dēm)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
δῆμος
.]
1.
(Gr. Antiq.)
A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.
Jowett (Thucyd.).
2.
(Biol.)
An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.

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deme

deme

See also: déme, dėmė, dėme, and dėmę

English

Noun

deme (plural demes)

  1. A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.
  2. (ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals.

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Japanese

Romanization

deme

  1. rōmaji reading of でめ

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.me/, [ˈdeː.mɛ]

Etymology 1

See dēmō (I remove, take away, or subtract).

Verb

dēme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēmō

Etymology 2

See dēmos (a tract of land”, “[the common] people).

Noun

dēme m

  1. vocative singular of dēmos

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeme/

Verb

deme

  1. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar, and the pronoun me.