δημιουργός

See also: Δημιουργός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δημῐοεργός (dēmioergós) — Epic

Etymology

From an earlier unattested *δημιο-ϝεργός (*dēmio-wergós), from a univerbation of δήμια ἔργᾰ (dḗmia érga). By surface analysis, δήμῐος (dḗmios, “public”) +‎ ουργός (ourgós, “worker”); for the second element, compare ἔργον (érgon, “labor, work”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɛː.mi.uːr.ɡós/ → /ði.mi.urˈɣos/ → /ði.mi.urˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɛː.mi.uːr.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de̝.mi.urˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.mi.urˈɣos/

Noun

δημῐουργός • (dēmiourgós) m (genitive δημῐουργοῦ); second declension

1. one who works for the people, a skilled workman, handicraftsman
   • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes :

     ὀρφναίη δ’ ἐπίκουρος ἐπαύετο δαιμονίη νύξ, ἡ πλείων, τάχα δ’ ὄρθρος ἐγίγνετο δημιοεργός

     orphnaíē d’ epíkouros epaúeto daimoníē núx, hē pleíōn, tákha d’ órthros egígneto dēmioergós

     but his dark ally the divine night was almost over, and dawn the craftsman was quickly coming / Note: dawn is called ‘the craftsman’ because it wakes craftsmen and other people and makes them turn to their crafts.

   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 992:

     ἆρ’ οὐκ Ἐρινὺς τοῦτ’ ἐχάλκευσεν ξίφος κἀκεῖνον Ἅιδης, δημιουργὸς ἄγριος?

     âr’ ouk Erinùs toût’ ekhálkeusen xíphos kakeînon Háidēs, dēmiourgòs ágrios?

     Didn't the Fury forge this sword and Hades, the cruel craftsman, that [belt]?

   • circa 1st century AD, Hippocrates, Precepts 2, (author unknown):

     κάρτα γὰρ μεγάλην ὠφελίην περιποιήσει τοῖς γε νοσέουσι καὶ τοῖς τούτων δημιουργοῖς.

     kárta gàr megálēn ōphelíēn peripoiḗsei toîs ge noséousi kaì toîs toútōn dēmiourgoîs.

     For it will confer a big help to the sick anyway and to practitioners in this field.

   1. the maker of the world
2. (in some Peloponnesian states) magistrate

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δημῐουργός; τοῦ δημῐουργοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δημῐουργός ho dēmiourgós	τὼ δημῐουργώ tṑ dēmiourgṓ	οἱ δημῐουργοί hoi dēmiourgoí
Genitive	τοῦ δημῐουργοῦ toû dēmiourgoû	τοῖν δημῐουργοῖν toîn dēmiourgoîn	τῶν δημῐουργῶν tôn dēmiourgôn
Dative	τῷ δημῐουργῷ tôi dēmiourgôi	τοῖν δημῐουργοῖν toîn dēmiourgoîn	τοῖς δημῐουργοῖς toîs dēmiourgoîs
Accusative	τὸν δημῐουργόν tòn dēmiourgón	τὼ δημῐουργώ tṑ dēmiourgṓ	τοὺς δημῐουργούς toùs dēmiourgoús
Vocative	δημῐουργέ dēmiourgé	δημῐουργώ dēmiourgṓ	δημῐουργοί dēmiourgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δημῐουργῐκός (dēmiourgikós)
• ἐπιδημιουργοί (epidēmiourgoí)

Further reading

• “δημιουργός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δημιουργός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δημιουργός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δημιουργός (dēmiourgós, “worker for the common good”). Synchronically analysable as being from stem δημι-, from δῆμος (dêmos) + -ουργός (-ourgós), from the root of έργο (érgo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ði.mi.uɾˈɣos/
• Hyphenation: δη‧μι‧ουρ‧γός

Noun

δημιουργός • (dimiourgós) m or f (plural δημιουργοί)

1. creator of original works, craftsman, artisan
2. Demiurge

Declension

Declension of δημιουργός

	singular	plural
nominative	δημιουργός •	δημιουργοί •
genitive	δημιουργού •	δημιουργών •
accusative	δημιουργό •	δημιουργούς •
vocative	δημιουργέ •	δημιουργοί •

Related terms

• αδημιούργητος (adimioúrgitos, “not created”)
• αναδημιουργία f (anadimiourgía, “recreation”)
• αναδημιουργικός (anadimiourgikós, “recreative”)
• αναδημιουργώ (anadimiourgó, “recreate”)
• αυτοδημιούργητος (aftodimioúrgitos, “self-created”)
• αυτοδημιουργούμαι (aftodimiourgoúmai, “self-create”)
• δημιούργημα n (dimioúrgima, “creation”)
• δημιουργία f (dimiourgía, “creation”)
• Δημιουργία f (Dimiourgía, “the Creation”)
• δημιουργικός (dimiourgikós, “creative”)
• δημιουργικότητα f (dimiourgikótita, “creativity”)
• δημιουργημένος (dimiourgiménos, “created, successful”, participle)
• δημιουργικά (dimiourgiká, “creatively”)
• δημιουργικώς (dimiourgikós, “creatively”)
• δημιουργώ (dimiourgó, “create”)
• and see: δήμος m (dímos) & έργο n (érgo, “the work”)

See also

• αίτιος (aítios, “responsible”)
• πρόξενος m (próxenos, “cause, consul”)