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δημαγωγία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δημαγωγία

Etym.: from dhmagwgo/s

Sense

  1. leadership of the people

Examples

  • ἡ δημαγωγία γὰρ οὐ πρὸσ μουσικοῦ ἔτ’ ἐστὶν ἀνδρὸσ οὐδὲ χρηστοῦ τοὺσ τρόπουσ, ἀλλ’ εἰσ ἀμαθῆ καὶ βδελυρόν. (Aristotle, Prologue 5:14)
  • δημαγωγία γὰρ ἡ διὰ λόγου πειθομένων ἐστίν, αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται τιθασεύσεισ τῶν ὄχλων οὐδὲν ἀλόγων ζῴων ἄγρασ καὶ βουκολήσεωσ διαφέρουσιν. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 5 24:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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