Demetrius
/dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/
Demetrius proper noun: a male given name from Ancient Greek.
Proper noun
Demetrius
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 3 John 1:12, column 2
- 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.2007, Don DeLillo, Falling Man, Scribner, →ISBN, page 105
Demetrius meaning in Persian and Thai
Demetrius in Persian
- male given name
- دمیتری
Demetrius in Thai
- male given name
- ดมิตรี dà-mí-dtree
Origin of Demetrius
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.
Words formed from Demetrius
Questions about Demetrius
- What does Demetrius mean?
- Demetrius means a male given name from Ancient Greek.
- What is Demetrius in Persian?
- Demetrius in Persian is دمیتری. See Demetrius meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is Demetrius?
- Demetrius is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Demetrius?
- Demetrius is pronounced /dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/ (UK).
Words near Demetrius in the dictionary
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