δῆμος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.δᾶμοςουm gener.district, region, landHom. Hes. hHom.fig., w.gen.of dreamsOd. specif., in Athens, Attica and other statesdistrict, demeref. to a local community, w. social and administrative functionsHdt. Th. Ar. Att.orats. community, people, populace, populationof a country, region, or cityHom.entire body of citizensas participating in government or decision-makingcitizen body, peopleA. Hdt. E. Th. Ar.as assembled for debatepeople, popular assemblyHdt. Th. Ar.government by the peoplepopular government, democracyHdt. Th. Ar. Att.orats.common peopleopp. royalty, nobility, the ruling classesIl.ref. to an individualone of the common peopleIl.dub.rank and fileof soldiers, opp. officersX. δημόθενadvin an oracular utterance, app.ref. to both origin and movt. of a personfrom the countryi.e. of the same country and coming fr. the countrysideAR.from the public storesref. to giving foodOd. by the peopleref. to a crime being lamentedA.cj.

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people; (originally) a country-district, country, land

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δῆμος

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δῆμος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

δημος

Intro Text:

δῆμος

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8479

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-8480

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