δημοῦχος

δημοῦχος, Dor. δᾱμ-, ον, (ἔχω)

• protectors or possessors of the land, epith. of guardian deities, S. OC 458; δαμοῦχοι γᾶς ib. 1087 (lyr.); ἄνδρες δ. χθονός ib. 1348; title of the Heraclidae at Thespiae, D.S. 4.29.

δημοῦχος, das Volk lenkend ; χθονός, Theseus, Soph. O.C. 13501 – sonst θεαί, die in Athen einheimischen u. dort vorzüglich verehrten Eumeniden, 459 ; vgl. DS. 4.29 ; – übh. = Einwohner, γᾶς 1089.

δημοῦχος ἔχω

• protecting the people, of guardian deities, Soph.; δημοῦχοι γᾶς ruling the people of the land, Soph.