demetrius

1. 1.

   son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)

   SynonymsDemetrius IDemetrius Poliorcetes

   BroadergeneralMacedonian

Other forms of demetrius

plural

demetriuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demetrius

What does demetrius mean?

demetrius means "son of Antigonus Cyclops and king of Macedonia; he and his father were defeated at the battle of Ipsus (337-283 BC)".

How many syllables are in demetrius?

demetrius has 4 syllables: de-me-tri-us. The stress falls on "me". In IPA it is /dɪˈmitɹiəs/.

What is another word for demetrius?

Close synonyms include Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demetrius a common word?

demetrius is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.