Demosthenic

Meaning

Adjective

• Pertaining to or characteristic of Demosthenes, a celebrated Athenian orator (384-322, B.C.), especially famous for his "Phillippics," or orations delivered against the encroachments of Philip, king of Macedon.

Origin

• From Latin Demosthenicus, from Demosthenes, from Ancient Greek Δημοσθένης. The name means "strong with the people", from δῆμος + σθένος.