Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Δημόκλειτος(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /dɛː.mó.kleː.tos/(Attic Greek) /ði.ˈmo.kli.tos/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsDemoclitus, Democleitus Meaning & History Derived from Greek δῆμος (demos) meaning "the people" and κλειτός (kleitos) meaning "splendid, famous".