δημαγωγός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
δημαγωγός
δημαγωγοῦ
Structure:
δημαγωγ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- a popular leader
- (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.
- μισῶ τοὺσ δημαγωγούσ, ὅτι ταράττουσι τὸν δῆμον καὶ τὸ κτῆμα τῆσ ἐμῆσ πολιτείασ τὴν εἰρήνην ψηφίσματι πολέμου παραθραύουσιν. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 44:1)
- εἰκὸσ δὲ εἶναι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μυρμήκων βίου καὶ οἰκοδόμουσ τινὰσ καὶ δημαγωγοὺσ καὶ πρυτάνεισ καὶ μουσικοὺσ καὶ φιλοσόφουσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 19:4)
- ἀλλ’ ὑμεῖσ μὲν ᾐσχύνεσθε ἐπὶησυ τοὺσ περιεστηκότασ [τῶ]ν Ἑλλήνων, ὅτε [τινῶ]ν κατεχειρο[τον]εῖτε, εἰ τοιούτο[υσ καὶ] δημαγωγοὺσ κα[ὶ στρ]ατηγοὺσ καὶ φύλα[κα]σ τῶν πραγμ[άτων] οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ὁμοίωσ [δεινό]ν, εἴ τισ ἔλα[βεν], ἀλλ’ εἰ ὅθεν μὴ [δεῖ, ο]ὐδέ γ’ ὁμοίωσ [ἀδι]κοῦσιν οἱ ἰδιῶται [οἱ λαβ]όντεσ τὸ χρυσίον [καὶ] οἱ ῥήτορεσ καὶ οἱ [στρατ]ηγοί. (Hyperides, Speeches, 5:11)
- ὁ δὲ Κάτων ἐκ πολίχνησ τε μικρᾶσ καὶ διαίτησ ἀγροίκου δοκούσησ φέρων ἀφῆκεν ἑαυτὸν ὥσπερ εἰσ πέλαγοσ ἀχανὲσ τὴν ἐν Ῥώμῃ πολιτείαν, οὐκέτι Κουρίων καὶ Φαβρικίων καὶ Ἀτιλίων ἔργον οὖσαν ἡγεμόνων, οὐδ’ ἀπ’ ἀρότρου καὶ σκαφείου πένητασ καὶ αὐτουργοὺσ ἀναβαίνοντασ ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα προσιεμένην ἄρχοντασ καὶ δημαγωγούσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ γένη μεγάλα καὶ πλούτουσ καὶ νομὰσ καὶ σπουδαρχίασ ἀποβλέπειν εἰθισμένην, καὶ δι’ ὄγκον ἤδη καὶ δύναμιν ἐντρυφῶσαν τοῖσ ἄρχειν ἀξιοῦσιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato, chapter 1 3:1)
- καὶ Πυθέασ γοῦν φησιν "ἀλλὰ τοὺσ νῦν δημαγωγοὺσ ὁρᾶτε Δημοσθένη καὶ Δημάδην ὡσ ἐναντίωσ τοῖσ βίοισ διάκεινται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 22 1:4)
Synonyms
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a popular leader
