noun · masculinesecond declension
dēmos
dēmos m (genitive dēmī)
Classical[ˈdeː.mɔs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.mos]
Meaning
- a tract of land, a demos, a deme
- 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
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēmos | dēmī dēmoe |
| genitive | dēmī | dēmōrum |
| dative | dēmō | dēmīs |
| accusative | dēmon dēmum | dēmōs |
| ablative | dēmō | dēmīs |
| vocative | dēme | dēmī 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”).