01218

@LINK δῆμος

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1218. δῆμος [deriv. uncertain] I. a country-district, country, land, Hom.
II. the people of a country, the commons, Lat. plebs, δήμου ἀνήρ, opp. to βασιλεύς, Il., etc.; of a single person, δῆμος ἐών being a commoner, Il.:—in historians, the commons, commonalty, opp. to οἱ εὐδαίμονες, οἱ παχέες, οἱ δυνατοί, Hdt., Thuc.; of soldiers, opp. to officers, Xen.
2. like πλῆθος, the commons, the democracy, opp. to οἱ ὀλίγοι, Hdt., Ar., etc.
III. in Attica, δῆμοι, οἱ, townships or hundreds, = doric κῶμαι, Lat. pagi, ancient divisions of the county, being (in the time of Hdt.) 100 in number, 10 in each φυλή.

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1218. δῆμος dh'mos demos {day'-mos}
from 1210; the public (as bound together socially):--people. see GREEK for 1210

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1218 Botsqath bots-cath'

from 1216; a swell of ground; Botscath, a place in
Palestine:--Bozcath, Boskath.
see HEBREW for 01216