δᾱμέτας

δᾱμέτας, α, ὁ,

A = δημότης, IG12(1).1032.13 ([place name] Carpathus).

δημότης, ου, ὁ, [dialect] Dor. [full] δᾱμότας, also [full] δᾱμέτας (q. v.),

A one of the people, commoner, opp. a man of rank, Tyrt.4.5, Hdt.2.172, 5.11, X. Cyr.2.3.7;

ἄνδρα δ. S.Aj. 1071

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δ. ὅμιλος Ar. Pax 921

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δ. τε καὶ ξένος E.Supp. 895

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δημόται καὶ πένητες X.Mem.1.2.58

:—fem. [full] δημότις, ιδος, opp. βασίλισσα, Plb.22.20.2: pl., opp. εὐγενέσταται, D.C.62.15.

2 = ἰδιώτης, γνωστὰ λέγειν δημότῃσι speak popularly, Hp.VM 2, cf. Acut.8;

ἀμαθίη τῶν δ. Id.Art.67

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II one of the same people, fellow-citizen, Pi.N.7.65, E.Alc. 1057.

III at Athens and elsewhere, member of a deme or of the same deme, S.OC78, Susario 1, Pl.Ap. 33e, D.18.261, IG22.1172, etc.;

φράτερας καὶ δ. Cratin.Jun. 9

:—so fem. [full] δημότις, ιδος, Ar.Lys. 333, Theoc.28.22.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `land, territory' (as opposed to the town), `people' (Il.); in Athens also a part of the phylai, a deme.

Dialectal forms: Dor. δᾶμος

Compounds: Of the compounds only δημοκρατία `government of the people' (Ion.-Att.), after ὀλιγαρχία, μοναρχία ( δημαρχία = `the office of δήμαρχος'); further Debrunner Festschrift Edouard Tièche (Bern 1947) 11ff.

Derivatives: (Dor. forms are not mentioned separately.) Substantives: dimin. δημίδιον, δημακίδιον (Ar.) - δημότης, Dor. also δαμέτας (Karpathos) `man from the people' (Ion.-Att. Dor.) with two normal adj.: δημόσιος `belonging to the people, state, public' (Ion.-Att.) with δημοσιεύω intr. `serve the state', also tr. `make public' and δημοσιόω `confiscate, make public' with δημοσίωσις. δημοτικός `belonging to the people, useful for the people, democratic'; on the difference between δημόσιος and δημοτικός Chantr. Form. 392; - fem. δημότις; denomin. δημοτεύομαι `be δημότης, belong to a demos' (Att.). - Adject.: δήμιος `belonging to the people, public' (Od.), ὁ δήμιος euphemist. `executioner' (Att., Benveniste Sprache 1, 121), δημώδης `according to the people' (Pl.), δημόσυνος surname of Artemis (Athens IV-III^a), δημότερος `belonging to the people' (Call.; after ἀγρότερος). - Denomin. δημεύω `make public, confiscate' (Att.) with δήμευσις and δημεῖαι αἱ τῶν δήμων συστάσεις H.; δημόομαι `sing, explain publicly' (Pi.) with δαμώματα τὰ δημοσίᾳ ᾳ᾽δόμενα (Ar. Pax 797); δημίζω `act as friend of the people' (Ar. V. 699). - Adv. δημόθεν `from the people, on communal costs' (Od.). -

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [176] * deh₂-mo- `people'

Etymology: On δημιουργός s. v. Celtic agrees with OIr. dām `followers, crowd', OWelsh dauu `cliens', NWelsh daw(f) `son-in-law', OCorn. dof `gener'; only this is an ā-stem; so IE * dāmos orig. fem.? (Pedersen Hittitisch 52). Orig. `part', if an m-deriv. from a verb `divide', s. δαίομαι. So * deh₂-mo-. - (Not here Hitt. damaiš `other, second'; Pedersen l.c.; see Tischler on damaiš HEG. 8. 67ff.)

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