δημαγωγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ ᾰ̓γωγός (ăgōgós, “leading, guiding”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.ma.ɡɔː.ɡós/ → /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/ → /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.ma.ɡɔː.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.ma.ɡoˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ma.ɣoˈɣos/

Noun

δημᾰγωγός • (dēmăgōgós) m (genitive δημᾰγωγοῦ); second declension

1. a popular leader
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 184D
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 178.33
   1. (in a bad sense) a leader of the mob, an unprincipled, factious orator, demagogue
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.21
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.27
      • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, Collected Works 32.37:

        λόγοι δημαγωγοῦ, ἔργα τυράννου

        lógoi dēmagōgoû, érga turánnou

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 5.11.12:

        ἔστι γὰρ ὁ δημαγωγὸς τοῦ δήμου κόλαξ

        ésti gàr ho dēmagōgòs toû dḗmou kólax

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δημᾰγωγός; τοῦ δημᾰγωγοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δημᾰγωγός ho dēmăgōgós	τὼ δημᾰγωγώ tṑ dēmăgōgṓ	οἱ δημᾰγωγοί hoi dēmăgōgoí
Genitive	τοῦ δημᾰγωγοῦ toû dēmăgōgoû	τοῖν δημᾰγωγοῖν toîn dēmăgōgoîn	τῶν δημᾰγωγῶν tôn dēmăgōgôn
Dative	τῷ δημᾰγωγῷ tōî dēmăgōgōî	τοῖν δημᾰγωγοῖν toîn dēmăgōgoîn	τοῖς δημᾰγωγοῖς toîs dēmăgōgoîs
Accusative	τὸν δημᾰγωγόν tòn dēmăgōgón	τὼ δημᾰγωγώ tṑ dēmăgōgṓ	τοὺς δημᾰγωγούς toùs dēmăgōgoús
Vocative	δημᾰγωγέ dēmăgōgé	δημᾰγωγώ dēmăgōgṓ	δημᾰγωγοί dēmăgōgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• δημηγόρος (dēmēgóros)

Derived terms

• δημᾰγωγῐ́ᾱ (dēmăgōgĭ́ā)
• δημᾰγωγῐκός (dēmăgōgĭkós)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Demagogus

References

• “δημαγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δημαγωγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δημαγωγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δημαγωγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • agitator idem, page 19.
  • demagogue idem, page 209.
  • people idem, page 604.
  • ranter idem, page 672.

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós).

Noun

δημαγωγός • (dimagogós) m (plural δημαγωγοί)

1. demagogue

Declension

Declension of δημαγωγός

	singular	plural
nominative	δημαγωγός (dimagogós)	δημαγωγοί (dimagogoí)
genitive	δημαγωγού (dimagogoú)	δημαγωγών (dimagogón)
accusative	δημαγωγό (dimagogó)	δημαγωγούς (dimagogoús)
vocative	δημαγωγέ (dimagogé)	δημαγωγοί (dimagogoí)