German

Noun

Demos f

1. plural of Demo

English

Noun

demos

1. plural of demo

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek δῆμος ‎(dêmos, “the people”).

Noun

demos ‎(plural demoi)

1. (political science) The common populace of a state, the people.
2. (modern Greece) municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together
3. (historical, Ancient Greece) the ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state
4. (historical, Ancient Greece) the term for an ancient subdivision of Attica

Anagrams

• domes
• modes

Galician

Verb

demos

1. first-person plural preterite indicative of dar

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek [the common] people ‎([the common] people).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mos/, [ˈdeː.mɔs]

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

Declension

Second declension, Greek type.

Synonyms

• (tract of land): pāgus (Pure Latin)
• (inhabitants of a demos):
  • (people): populus
  • (common people): vulgus

Related terms

• dēmocratia (Mediaeval Latin)

References

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

  Lists both senses.

  Lists only the “people” sense.

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.moːs/

Noun

dēmōs m

1. accusative plural of dēmos

Portuguese

Noun

demos

1. plural of demo

Spanish

Verb

demos

1. First-person plural (nosotros, nosotras) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. First-person plural (nosotros, nosotras) imperative form of dar.