Δημήτριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mɛ̌ː.tri.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /deˈme.tri.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.tri.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.tri.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈmi.tri.os/

Proper noun

Δημήτριος • (Dēmḗtrios) m (genitive Δημητρίου); second declension

A male given name, equivalent to English Demetrius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δημήτριος; τοῦ Δημητρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δημήτριος ho Dēmḗtrios
Genitive	τοῦ Δημητρίου toû Dēmētríou
Dative	τῷ Δημητρίῳ tôi Dēmētríōi
Accusative	τὸν Δημήτριον tòn Dēmḗtrion
Vocative	Δημήτριε Dēmḗtrie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Δημητριος (Dimitrios), Δημητρης (Dimitris)
→ Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitǎr)
→ Latin: Demetrius
- → English: Demetrius
- → Hungarian: Demeter, Dömötör
- → Italian: Demetrio
- → Polish: Demetriusz
- → Portuguese: Demétrio
- → Romanian: Dumitru
- → Spanish: Demetrio
→ Macedonian: Димитар (Dimitar), Димитриј (Dimitrij)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Димитрије

Latin: Dimitrije
→ Slovene: Dimitrij
→ Old Church Slavonic: Дмитреі (Dmitrei)
- → Belarusian: Зьміцер (Zʹmicjer)
- → Polish: Dymitr
- → Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij)
  - ⇒ Russian: Митя (Mitja) (diminutive)
    - → Slovene: Mitja
    - → Slovene: Mitja
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: Дмитар
  
  Latin: Dmitar
- → Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)

Further reading

Δημήτριος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Δημήτριος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
G1216 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðiˈmitɾios/
Hyphenation: Δη‧μή‧τρι‧ος

Proper noun

Δημήτριος • (Dimítrios) m

A male given name, Demetrius, Dimitri
A saint whose feast day in the Greek Orthodox tradition is 26 October.

Declension

Declension of Δημήτριος (Dimítrios)

	singular
nominative	Δημήτριος •
genitive	Δημητρίου •
accusative	Δημήτριο •
vocative	Δημήτριε •

Related terms

(informal form) Δημήτρης m (Dimítris)
(pet forms) Δήμος m (Dímos), Μήτρος m (Mítros), Μήτσος m (Mítsos), Μίμης m (Mímis)
(feminine form) Δήμητρα f (Dímitra)

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