A.bodily frame, usu. of man, Hom. (v. infr.); rarely of other animals, Od.10.240, Pi.O.1.20; prop. the living body, but also of a corpse, “νεκρὸν δ.” Batr.106, cf. S.Ant.205, E.Or.40, 1066, Sch. Ven.Il.1.115.—Hom. uses it only in acc. sg., usu. abs., μικρὸς δ. small in stature, Il.5.801; “ἄριστος εἶδός τε δ. τε” Od.8.116; “δέμας ἐϊκυῖα θεῇσιν” Il.8.305; “δέμας ἀθανάτοισιν ὁμοῖος” Od.8.14; “οὐ . . ἐστι χερείων οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν” Il.1.115, cf. Od.5.212; “δέμας καὶ εἶδος ἀγητός” Il.24.376, cf. Od.18.251; “χαρίεσσα δέμας” Hes.Th.260; “Κλύμενον . . ἀμώμητον δ.” B.5.147: nom. in later poets, as S.OC110, 501, etc.: dat. “δέμαϊ” Pi.Pae.6.80.
2. in Lyr. and Trag. as a periphrasis, Ἀστερίας δ., the island of Delos, ib.5.42; “κτανεῖν μητρῷον δ.” A. Eu.84; “οἰκετῶν δ.” S.Tr.908; “Ἡράκλειον δ.” E.HF1037 (lyr.); οἰνάνθης δ., i.e. the vine-shoot, S.Fr.255.4; ἀστερωπὸν οὐρανοῦ δ. v.l. in Critias 25.33 D.; Δάματρος ἀκτᾶς . . δ., i.e. bread, E.Hipp.138: in later Ep., “ὕλης δ.” Orph.L.238.
3. Com., = πόσθη, Pl.Com.173.10.
