δημοῦχος

ον

ἔχω

A. protectors or possessors of the land, epith. of guardian deities, S. OC 458; δαμοῦχοι γᾶς ib.1087(lyr.); ἄνδρες δ. χθονός ib.1348; title of the Heraclidae at Thespiae, D.S. 4.29.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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