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δέμας

δέμας, the (physical frame, form of the) body

δέμας, τό, (δέμω)
  • bodily frame, usu. 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 δ. Batr. 106, cf. S. Ant. 205, E. Or. 40, 1066, Sch. Ven. Il. 1.115.—Hom. uses it only in acc. sg., usu. abs., μικρὸς δ. small in stature, Il. 5.801; ἄριστος εἶδός τε δ. 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. OC 110, 501, etc.: dat. δέμαϊ Pi. Pae. 6.80.
      • 2 in Lyr. and Trag. as a periphrasis, Ἀστερίας δ., the island of Delos, ib. 5.42; κτανεῖν μητρῷον δ. A. Eu. 84; οἰκετῶν δ. S. Tr. 908; Ἡράκλειον δ. E. HF 1037 (lyr.); οἰνάνθης δ., i.e. the vine-shoot, S. Fr. 255.4; ἀστερωπὸν οὐρανοῦ δ. v.l. in Critias 25.33 D.; Δάματρος ἀκτᾶς . . δ., i.e. bread, E. Hipp. 138: in later Ep., ὕλης δ. Orph. L. 238.
      • 3 Com., = πόσθη, Pl.Com. 173.10.
    • II as Adv., δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο in form or fashion like burning fire, Il. 11.596, cf. 17.366.

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