Deme'trius, (4 syl.), son of King Antig'onus, in love with Celia, alias Enan'thê.—Beaumont and Fletcher, The Humorous Lieutenant (1647).
Deme'trius, a citizen of Greece during the reign of Alexius Comnenus.—Sir W. Scott, Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus).
Demiurgus, that mysterious agent which, according to Plato, made the world and all that it contains. The Logos or "Word" of St. John's Gospel (ch. i. I) is the demiurgus of platonizing Christians.
Democ'ritos (in Latin Democritus), the laughing or scoffing philosopher, the Friar Bacon of his age. To "dine with Democ'ritos" is to go without dinner, the same as "dining with Duke Humphrey," or "dining with the cross-legged knights."
People think that we [authors] often dine with Democritos, but there they are mistaken. There is not one of the fraternity who is not welcome to some good table.—Lesage, Gil Blas, xii. 7 (1735).
Democritus Junior, Robert Burton, author of The Anatomy of Melancholy (1576-1640).
Demod'ocos (in Latin Demodocus), bard of Alcin'ous (4 syl.) king of the Phæa'cians.
Such as the wise Demodicos once told
In solemn songs at King Alcinous' feast,
While sad Ulysses' soul and all the rest