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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈmiːtɹɪəs/

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Demetrius

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 3 John 1:12, column 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.

   • 2007, Don DeLillo, Falling Man, Scribner, →ISBN, page 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.

• Demeter
• Demetria
• Demi
• Dmitry

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈmeː.tri.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈmɛː.tri.us]

Dēmētrius m sg (genitive Dēmētriī or Dēmētrī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek

Second-declension noun, singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• Belarusian: Дзмітрый (Dzmitryj)
• Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitǎr)
• English: Demetrius
• French: Démétrios, Démétrius
• Georgian: დემეტრე (demeṭre)
• Hungarian: Demeter
• Italian: Demetrio
• Portuguese: Demétrio
• Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitrij) (see there for further descendants)
• Spanish: Demetrio
• Ukrainian: Дмитро́ (Dmytró)