Demetrius
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See also: Démétrius
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Demetrius
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 3 John 1:12, column 2:
- Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it ſelfe: yea, and we alſo beare record, and ye know that our record is true.
- 2007, Don DeLillo, Falling Man, Scribner, →ISBN, page 105:
- The easy names were the ones she forgot. But this one wasn't easy and it was like the swaggering name of some football player from Alabama and that's how she remembered it, Demetrius, badly burned in the other tower, the south tower.
Related terms
Translations
male given name
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈmeː.tri.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈme.tri.us/,
Proper noun
Dēmētrius m sg (genitive Dēmētriī or Dēmētrī); second declension
- A Greek male given name from Ancient Greek
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Dēmētrius |
| genitive | Dēmētriī Dēmētrī1 |
| dative | Dēmētriō |
| accusative | Dēmētrium |
| ablative | Dēmētriō |
| vocative | Dēmētrī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Belarusian: Дзмітрый (Dzmitryj)
- Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitǎr)
- English: Demetrius
- French: Démétrios, Démétrius
- Georgian: დემეტრე (demeṭre)
- Hungarian: Demeter
- Italian: Demetrio
- Portuguese: Demétrio
- Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij) (see there for further descendants)
- Spanish: Demetrio
- Ukrainian: Дмитро́ (Dmytró)