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δημοκήδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δημοκήδης δημοκήδες

Structure: δημοκηδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kh=dos

Sense

  1. friend of the people

Examples

  • δημοκηδεῖσ δ’ εἰσὶν οἱ Ῥόδιοι καίπερ οὐ δημοκρατούμενοι, συνέχειν δ’ ὅμωσ βουλόμενοι τὸ τῶν πενήτων πλῆθοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 2 10:11)

Synonyms

  1. friend of the people

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

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