Demetrius
name
name ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Ancient Greek.
"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."
Synonyms
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More examples"Demetrius the Thin was a prince of the Kingdom of Macedonia."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios, literally “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”); from Δή (Dḗ), an early form of γῆ (gê, “earth”) + μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). Doublet of Dimitris and Dmitry.