δημαγωγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

δημᾰγωγός • (dēmagōgós) 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

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

        ἔστι γὰρ ὁ δημαγωγὸς τοῦ δήμου κόλαξ

        ésti gàr ho dēmagōgòs toû dḗmou kólax

Inflection

Synonyms

• δημηγόρος (dēmēgóros)

Derived terms

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 (2006–2024)
• 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