Δημόκριτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Δᾱμόκρῐτος (Dāmókritos)

Etymology

From δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) +‎ κρῐτός (kritós, “chosen”)

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Δημόκρῐτος • (Dēmókritos) m (genitive Δημοκρῐ́του); second declension

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Democritus
  2. in particular, the pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus of Abdera

Declension
Second declension of ὁ Δημόκρῐτος; τοῦ Δημοκρῐ́του (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Δημόκρῐτος
ho Dēmókritos
Genitive τοῦ Δημοκρῐ́του
toû Dēmokrítou
Dative τῷ Δημοκρῐ́τῳ
tôi Dēmokrítōi
Accusative τὸν Δημόκρῐτον
tòn Dēmókriton
Vocative Δημόκρῐτε
Dēmókrite
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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