Demosthenes

English

Etymology

From Latin Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/

Proper noun

Demosthenes

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.

Derived terms

• Demosthenian
• Demosthenean

Related terms

• Demosthenic

Translations

Ancient Greek name

Armenian: Դեմոսթենես (Demostʻenes) French: Démosthène (fr) German: Demosthenes Greek: Δημοσθένης (el) (Dimosthénis) Ancient: Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs) Italian: Demostene (it) Latin: Dēmosthenēs Persian: دموستنس (demostenes), دموستن (demosten) Romanian: Demostene Russian: Демосфе́н (Demosfén) Spanish: Demóstenes

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Demosthenic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

Proper noun

Dēmosthenēs m sg (genitive Dēmosthenis); third declension

1. a prominent Greek statesman and orator

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dēmosthenēs
genitive	Dēmosthenis
dative	Dēmosthenī
accusative	Dēmosthenem
ablative	Dēmosthene
vocative	Dēmosthenēs

References

• “Demosthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Demosthenes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Demosthenes”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “Demosthenes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Demosthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray