Demosthenes

From Latin Dēmosthenēs, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈmɒsθəniːz/

Demosthenes

1. a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.

• Demosthenian
• Demosthenean

• Demosthenic

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Demosthenic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

From Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs).

Dēmosthenēs m sg (genitive Dēmosthenis); third declension

1. a prominent Greek statesman and orator

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Demosthenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Demosthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Demosthenes”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Demosthenes”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Demosthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray