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δαιμόνιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαιμόνιος δαιμονίᾱ δαιμόνιον

Structure: δαιμονι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. (Homeric) strange, extraordinary, inscrutable; that is, resembling a δαίμων
  2. proceeding from a deity, heaven-sent, divine, miraculous, marvelous

Examples

  • τρόπον δέ τιν’ ἡγοῦμαι καὶ τὰ νῦν συμβεβηκότα πάντ’ ἐπὶ ταῖσ εὐθύναισ ταυταισὶ δαιμονίασ τινὸσ εὐνοίασ ἔνδειγμα τῇ πόλει γεγενῆσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 337:3)
  • ὡσ οὐκ ἐνὸν ἄνευ θείασ καὶ δαιμονίασ φύσεωσ οὕτωσ καλὰ καὶ σοφὰ ἔπη ἐργάσασθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 2:3)
  • κινδυνεύει οὖν ἐνθουσιῶν οὐ μόνον τὰ ὦτά μου ἐμπλῆσαι τῆσ δαιμονίασ σοφίασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐπειλῆφθαι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 80:4)
  • καὶ βούλεσθε ἀκούειν, τοῦ μηδὲν εἰδότοσ μηδὲ φάσκοντοσ εἰδέναι, ἆρ’ οὐκ ὀρθῶσ ἀπεικάζω τὴν σπουδὴν ὑμῶν τῷ περὶ τὴν γλαῦκα γιγνομένῳ σχεδὸν οὐκ ἄνευ δαιμονίασ τινὸσ βουλήσεωσ; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 6:1)
  • καὶ ὁ Γλαύκων μάλα γελοίωσ, Ἄπολλον, ἔφη, δαιμονίασ ὑπερβολῆσ. (Plato, Republic, book 6 534:1)

Synonyms

  1. strange

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