δέμας,τό, (δέμω)
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.smallin 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