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|Definition=τό, ([[δέμω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bodily]] [[frame]], usually of man, Hom. (v. infr.); rarely of other animals, Od.10.240, Pi.O.1.20; prop. the [[living]] [[body]], but also of a [[corpse]], νεκρὸν δέμας Batr.106, cf. S.Ant.205, E.Or.40, 1066, Sch. Ven.Il.1.115.—Hom. uses it only in acc. sg., usually abs., μικρὸς δέμας [[small]] in [[stature]], Il.5.801; [[ἄριστος]] εἶδός τε δέμας τε Od.8.116; δέμας ἐϊκυῖα θεῇσιν Il.8.305; δέμας ἀθανάτοισιν ὁμοῖος Od.8.14; οὐ… ἐστι χερείων οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν Il.1.115, cf. Od.5.212; δέμας καὶ [[εἶδος]] [[ἀγητός]] Il.24.376, cf. Od.18.251; χαρίεσσα δέμας Hes.Th.260; Κλύμενον… ἀμώμητον δ. B.5.147: nom. in later poets, as S.OC110, 501, etc.: dat. δέμαϊ Pi.Pae.6.80.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Lyr. and Trag. as a [[periphrasis]], Ἀστερίας δέμας, the [[island]] of [[Delos]], ib.5.42; [[κτανεῖν]] μητρῷον δέμας A. Eu.84; οἰκετῶν δ. S.Tr.908; Ἡράκλειον δέμας E.HF1037 (lyr.); οἰνάνθης δέμας, i.e. the [[vine]]-[[shoot]], S.Fr.255.4; ἀστερωπὸν οὐρανοῦ δέμας [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Critias 25.33 D.; Δάματρος ἀκτᾶς… δέμας, i.e. [[bread]], E.Hipp.138: in later Ep., ὕλης δέμας Orph.L.238.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Com., = [[πόσθη]], Pl.Com.173.10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as Adv., δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο in [[form]] or [[fashion]] [[like]] [[burning]] [[fire]], Il.11.596, cf. 17.366.