deme

/deem/US // dim //UK // (diːm) //

沉疴,民主,沉疴痼疾,沉疴难治

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- : Biology. a local population of organisms of the same kind, especially one in which the genetic mix is similar throughout the group.

Mi meoster is to do riht forte demen ant ich deme me seolf ich urh me ne do hit nawt; for al god is of godd we her 190 habbe.
Ne beo we neauer swucche; for enne deme he us muche wur gode ant halt for his dehtren.
To be a citizen of the state it was necessary to be a citizen of a deme.
Albeit some that now see her (for yet she liveth) deme her never to have bene wel visaged.
Surely his keen perception must have suggested to him, as he wrote this passage, "mutato nomine, deme."