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δημαγωγός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δημαγωγός δημαγωγοῦ

Structure: δημαγωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a popular leader
  2. (in a bad sense) a leader of the mob, an unprincipled, factious orator, demagogue

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀπαλλαγεὶσ γὰρ ἐκείνου τοῦ βίου γάμῳ προσέσχε, Φουλβίαν ἀγαγόμενοσ τὴν Κλωδίῳ τῷ δημαγωγῷ συνοικήσασαν, οὐ ταλασίαν οὐδὲ οἰκουρίαν φρονοῦν γύναιον, οὐδὲ ἀνδρὸσ ἰδιώτου κρατεῖν ἀξιοῦν, ἀλλ’ ἄρχοντοσ ἄρχειν καὶ στρατηγοῦντοσ στρατηγεῖν βουλόμενον, ὥστε Κλεοπάτραν διδασκάλια Φουλβίᾳ τῆσ Ἀντωνίου γυναικοκρατίασ ὀφείλειν, πάνυ χειροήθη καὶ πεπαιδαγωγημένον ἀπ’ ἀρχῆσ ἀκροᾶσθαι γυναικῶν παραλαβοῦσαν αὐτόν. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 10 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a popular leader

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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