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δέμας δέμω the frame of man, the body, Hom.; rarely of other animals, Od.; properly the living body. — Hom. uses it only in acc. sg., absol., μικρὸς δέμας small in stature; ἄριστος δέμας, δέμας ἀθανάτοισι ἔοικε, etc. in Trag. as a periphrasis, like κάρα, κτανεῖν μητρῷον δ. Aesch.; Ἡράκλειον δ. Eur.; Δαματρὸς ἀκτᾶς δ., i. e. bread, Eur. as adv., δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο in form or fashion like burning fire, Lat. instar ignis, Il.

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the (physical frame, form of the) body

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δεμας

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7449

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n7453

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de/mas

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