LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

dēmos

dēmos m (genitive dēmī)
Classical[ˈdeː.mɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.mos]

Meaning

  1. a tract of land, a demos, a deme
  2. the 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 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. 36AD 77–79, Gaius Plinius Secundus (author), Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff (editor), Naturalis Historia (1906), book xxxv, chapter 30

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedēmosdēmī
dēmoe
genitivedēmīdēmōrum
dativedēmōdēmīs
accusativedēmon
dēmum
dēmōs
ablativedēmōdēmīs
vocativedēmedēmī
dēmoe

dēmos, i, m., = δῆμος, orig.
I. a tract of land, demos (pure Lat. pagus); hence, the inhabitants of a demos, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 69; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 5 Müll.

Origins

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

Quick answers

What does dēmos mean in Latin?
dēmos, a noun, means “a tract of land, a demos, a deme; the inhabitants of a dēmos: people, especially the common people”.
What is the genitive of dēmos?
The genitive singular is dēmī. dēmos is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce dēmos?
In classical Latin, [ˈdeː.mɔs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdɛː.mos].