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δημοτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δημοτικός

Structure: δημοτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: dh=mos

Sense

  1. of or for the people, in common use, common
  2. of the populace, one of them
  3. on the popular or democratic side, affably, kindly

Examples

  • ἔτι δ’ ἐπὶ ζεύγουσ μὴ ἀπιέναι γυναῖκα Ἐλευσῖνάδε , ὅπωσ μὴ ἐλαττῶνται αἱ δημοτικαὶ ὑπὸ τῶν πλουσιῶν εἰ δέ τισ φωραθείη, ἀποτίνειν δραχμὰσ ἑξακισχιλίασ. (Plutarch, Vitae decem oratorum, , section 1 18:1)
  • τούτων δ’ αἱ μὲν τρεῖσ καταστάσεισ δημοτικαί, τὸ πάντασ ἐκ πάντων αἱρέσει ἢ κλήρῳ γίνεσθαι ἢ ἀμφοῖν, τὰσ μὲν κλήρῳ τὰσ δ’ αἱρέσει τῶν ἀρχῶν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 268:2)
  • τούτων δ’ ἔνιαι φανερῶσ εἰσιν οὐ δημοτικαὶ τῶν ἀρχῶν, οἱο͂ν γυναικονομία καὶ παιδονομία· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 6 141:1)

Synonyms

  1. of or for the people

Related

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

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