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Demetrius
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Démétrius
English
Etymology
From en grc Δημήτριος belonging to grc Δημήτηρ, the earth goddess; from grc Δή, an early form of grc γῆ earth + grc μήτηρ mother. en Dimitris Dmitry.
Pronunciation
en /dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Demetrius.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en male Ancient Greek.
3 John 1 12 1486 2 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it ſelfe: yea, and we alſo beare record, and ye know that our record is true.
en 2007 w:Don DeLillo Falling Man Scribner 1416546022 105 The easy names were the ones she forgot. But this one wasn't easy and it was like the swaggering name of some football player from Alabama and that's how she remembered it, Demetrius, badly burned in the other tower, the south tower.
Derived terms
en Demetrid
Related terms
en Demeter
en Demetria
en Demi
en Dmitry
Translations
male given name
Akkadian: akk 𒁲𒂊𒁁𒊑𒋢 de-e-meṭ-ri-su
Albanian: sq Dhimitër
Armenian: hy Դեմետր, hy Դեմետրիոս
Belarusian: be Дзмі́трый m, be Змі́цер m, be Дзьмі́тры m, be Зьмі́цер m dated or Taraškievica orthography
Latin: be Dzmitryj m, be Zmicier m, be Dźmitry m, be Źmicier m łacinka
Bulgarian: bg Дими́тър m
Cherokee: chr ᏗᎻᏟᏯ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 德米特里 Démǐtèlǐ
Chuvash: cv Мӗтри
Erzya: myv Митяй, myv Митрей, myv Минько
Esperanto: eo Demetrio
Finnish: fi Demetrios
French: fr Démétrios m, fr Démétrius m
Georgian: ka დემეტრე, ka დიმიტრი
German: de Demetrius m
Greek: el Δημήτριος m, el Δημήτρης m
Hebrew: he דמיטרי m dmitrij
Hungarian: hu Demeter, hu Dömötör
Italian: it Demetrio m
Japanese: ja ドミトリー Domitorī
Korean: ko ^드미트리
Latin: la Dēmētrius m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr Мичу, mhr Метрий, mhr Митриш
Persian: fa دمیتری
Polish: pl Demetriusz m, pl Dymitr m
Portuguese: pt Demétrio m
Romanian: ro Dumitru m, ro Demis m, ro Demetrius m
Cyrillic: ro Думитру m
Russian: ru Дми́трий m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Димитрие m, sh Дмитар m
Latin: sh Dimitrie m, sh Dmitar m
Slovak: sk Demeter m
Spanish: es Demetrio m
Thai: th ดมิตรี dà-mí-dtree
Turkish: tr Demeter
Ukrainian: uk Дмитро́ m
Latin
Etymology
la Dēmētrius :bor grc:Δημήτριος + 1
Pronunciation
Dēmētrius
Proper noun
Dēmētrius<2> m
la male Ancient Greek
Declension
Dēmētrius<2>
Descendants
be Дзмітрый
bg Димитър
en Demetrius
fr Démétrios Démétrius
ka დემეტრე
hu Demeter
it Demetrio
pt Demétrio
ru Дмитрий
es Demetrio
uk Дмитро́