Δημήτηρ

• Δᾱμᾱ́τηρ (Dāmā́tēr) — Doric, Arcadian, Boeotian
• Δημήτρᾱ (Dēmḗtrā)

The second half is generally believed to be μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”). The first element, δᾶ (dâ),^[1] is classically explained as the Attic/Ionic variant of an archaic Doric form of γῆ (gê, “earth”); other theories include a connection with Albanian dhe (“earth”) or χθών (khthṓn, “ground, earth”).^[2]

The supposed Aeolic form Δωμάτηρ (Dōmátēr) is only attested through a reconstructed inscription from the 2nd century B.C. in Aegae. The inscription reads []ω[]ατρος ([]ō[]atros), which has been read, as reported in Richard Bohn's "Altertümer von Aegae" as a genitive form of Δωμάτηρ (Dōmátēr). However, as Chantraine says, "the dialectal forms, notably Δωμάτηρ, do not offer any help to etymology," and it is debatable whether the inscription reads as such.

Δημήτηρ • (Dēmḗtēr) f (genitive Δήμητρος or Δημήτερος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Demeter

• Greek: Δημήτηρ m (Dimítir); Δήμητρα f (Dímitra); Δημήτριος m (Dimítrios); δημητριακά n or pl (dimitriaká, “cereal, breakfast cereal”)
• Latin: Demeter
• → Russian: Деме́тра (Demétra)

• “Δημήτηρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Δημήτηρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Δημήτηρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Δημήτηρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag
• Richard Bohn (1889), "Altertümer von Aegae"
• http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Demeter.html