δημοτικός
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δημοτικός from δημότης (dēmótēs), from δῆμος (dêmos, “country, land”). For music, songs: calque of German Volkslieder.[1]
Adjective
δημοτικός • (dimotikós) m (feminine δημοτική, neuter δημοτικό)
- municipal
- δημοτική αρχή ― dimotikí archí ― municipal authority
- δημοτικοί άρχοντες ― dimotikoí árchontes ― municipal officials (the mayor and the council
- folk, traditional
- δημοτική μουσική ― dimotikí mousikí ― folk music
- δημοτικό τραγούδι ― dimotikó tragoúdi ― folk song
- demotic, of the people (especially for language, literature)
Declension
declension of δημοτικός
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | δημοτικός | δημοτική | δημοτικό | δημοτικοί | δημοτικές | δημοτικά |
| genitive | δημοτικού | δημοτικής | δημοτικού | δημοτικών | δημοτικών | δημοτικών |
| accusative | δημοτικό | δημοτική | δημοτικό | δημοτικούς | δημοτικές | δημοτικά |
| vocative | δημοτικέ | δημοτική | δημοτικό | δημοτικοί | δημοτικές | δημοτικά |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο δημοτικός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο δημοτικός (o pio dimotikós), etc.) | |||||
Derived terms
- δημοτική f sg (“Demotic language”) (as noun)
Synonyms
- (of music): παραδοσιακός (paradosiakós) (also λαϊκός (laïkós))
- (of language, literature): δημώδης (dimódis), κοινή (koiní, “Koine, common”)
References
- δημοτικός in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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