Can anybody define "demiea" for me? ?

Question

I looked up in the english dictionary and couldn't come up with anything. I think that it might be a Greek or Latin word. I don't know if it even exists in the dictionary. I was meditating the other day and saw this word being written in front of me. Kinda creepy and not sure what it represents?? any ideas???

Answer 1

Alright, nowadays Demiea appears to be an altered spelling of Demies. Both are surnames. However it appears to me that Demiea is a reference to Demetria (more commonly called Demeter) the Classical Greek Goddess of the Harvest. Apparently, there has been quite a bit of modification of the spelling through the ages and both Demia and Demie have been used as references to such. Demie, meanwhile, is also apparently the old English for a fort on a hill, and Dema meant a judge or a ruler. Demi of course means half. In French Demie means half-hour, like 5:30. In Latin Demitto means to let fall or set down (I believe there is a female ending that would make it rather similar to Demiea, however my Latin is very dusty).

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