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δαίμων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαίμων δαίμονος

Structure: δαιμων (Stem)

Etym.: Perh. from dai/w B, to divide or distribute destinies.

Sense

  1. god, goddess
  2. divine power, deity
  3. guardian spirit (Latin genius), and so one's fate, destiny, fortune

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ πρώτη τῶν δικαιοσυνῶν πρὸσ τοὺσ θεούσ, εἶτα πρὸσ δαίμονασ, εἶτα πρὸσ πατρίδα καὶ γονεῖσ, εἶτα πρὸσ τοὺσ κατοιχομένουσ· (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 22:2)
  • ἀσέβεια μὲν ἡ περὶ θεοὺσ πλημμέλεια καὶ περὶ δαίμονασ ἢ καὶ περὶ τοὺσ κατοιχομένουσ, καὶ περὶ γονεῖσ καὶ περὶ πατρίδα· (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 36:2)
  • "ἐάσον ἀναπαύσασθαι τοὺσ τοῦ μακαρίτου δαίμονασ εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸ παράπαν κλάειν διέγνωκασ, αὐτοῦ γε τούτου ἕνεκα χρὴ μὴ ἀπόσιτον εἶναι, ἵνα καὶ διαρκέσῃσ πρὸσ τοῦ πένθουσ τὸ μέγεθοσ. (Lucian, (no name) 22:3)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ τοὺσ μητρῴουσ μὲν δαίμονασ ἐπιβοώμενον μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐ σφόδρα ᾐτιώμην ὅτε δὲ καὶ τοὺσ πατρῴουσ ἐπεκαλέσατο, ἀναμνησθεὶσ τῶν περὶ τοῦ φόνου εἰρημένων οὐδὲ κατέχειν ἠδυνάμην τὸν γέλωτα. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 17:2)
  • πλὴν ἐῴκει γέ τινασ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι δαίμονασ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. god

  2. divine power

  3. guardian spirit

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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