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deme

See also: déme, dėmė, dėme, and dėmę

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”). Doublet of demos.

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Noun

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deme (plural demes)

  1. A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.
    Synonym: demos
    • 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiii:
      If two persons bore the same name […] ambiguity was avoided […] by indicating their place of origin, the name of the tribe or deme being added for persons of the same town […] , and the name of the country or town for foreigners […] .
    • 2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece, page 97:
      They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.
  2. (ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals.

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deme

  1. Rōmaji transcription of でめ

Latin

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Etymology 1

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See dēmō (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).

Verb

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dēme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dēmō

Etymology 2

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See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).

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dēme m

  1. vocative singular of dēmos

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dēme

  1. inflection of dēman:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeme/ [ˈd̪e.me]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: de‧me

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deme

  1. third-person singular imperative of dar combined with me

Turkish

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deme (definite accusative demeyi, plural demeler)

  1. verbal noun of demek

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deme

  1. second-person singular negative imperative of demek
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