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δέμας

demas

Blutegel” (Epid.), δεμβλεῖς

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Where it lives

Helen 9 · 9.2/10k
Orestes 9 · 9.18/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 6 · 7.23/10k
Suppliants 5 · 7.11/10k
Prometheus Bound 4 · 6.8/10k
Bacchae 4 · 5.32/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 5 · 4.83/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 4 · 4.48/10k
Trojan Women 3 · 4.24/10k
Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
Antigone 3 · 4.09/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. δέμας · demas — Frisk

δέμας 5. δέμω. δεμελέας Akk. pl. f. "Blutegel” (Epid.), δεμβλεῖς " βδέλλαι H. (mit -uß}- aus -uA-; allerdings zwischen δέμει und δέμνια; also mit Bücheler und Latte für deueleig?). Unerklärt. Über die vergeblichen Versuche, lat. lumbrieus “Eingeweidewurm usw.’ damit zu vereinigen s. die Literatur bei Bq und W.-Hofmann s.v. Auch die Heranziehung von 364 δέμνια — δέμω alb. dhemj& ‘Raupe’, dhömize “Fleischmade’ (WP. 1, … — [Frisk, s.v. δέμας, p. 395]

2. δέμας · demas — LSJ

bodily frame, the living body, in stature

bodily frame, usu. of man, Hom. (v. infr.); rarely of other animals, Od. 10.240, Pi. O. 1.20; prop. the living body, but also of a corpse, νεκρὸν δ. Batr. 106, cf. S. Ant. 205, E. Or. 40, 1066, Sch. Ven. Il. 1.115.—Hom. uses it only in acc. sg., usu. abs., μικρὸς δ. small in stature, Il. 5.801; ἄριστος εἶδός τε δ. τε Od. 8.116; δέμας ἐϊκυῖα θεῇσιν Il. 8.305; δέμας ἀθανάτοισιν ὁμοῖος Od. 8.14; οὐ . . ἐστι χερείων οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν Il. 1.115, cf. Od. 5.212; δέμας καὶ εἶδος ἀγητός Il. 24.376, cf.

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in Lyr. and Trag. as a periphrasis, Ἀστερίας δ., the island of Delos, ib. 5.42; κτανεῖν μητρῷον δ. A. Eu. 84; οἰκετῶν δ. S. Tr. 908; Ἡράκλειον δ. E. HF 1037 (lyr.); οἰνάνθης δ., i.e. the vine-shoot, S. Fr. 255.4; ἀστερωπὸν οὐρανοῦ δ. v.l. in Critias 25.33 D.; Δάματρος ἀκτᾶς . . δ., i.e. bread, E. Hipp. 138: in later Ep., ὕλης δ. Orph. L. 238.

Com., = πόσθη, Pl.Com. 173.10.

II in form, fashion like

as Adv., δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο in form or fashion like burning fire, Il. 11.596, cf. 17.366.

In the wild

δέμας · demas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1147–1148
δέμας · demas Aeschylus, Eumenides 84
δέμας · demas Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 285–290
δέμας · demas Aeschylus, Persians 209
δέμας · demas Aeschylus, Persians 454–456
δέμας · demas Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 144–149

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δέμας (scan p. 361; entry #1622).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δέμας (scan p. 275; entry #1894).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δέμας (scan pp. 395-396; entry #1483).

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