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
- god, goddess
- divine power, deity
- 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.
- "δαίμονεσ μητρῷοι καὶ πατρῷοι, δέξασθέ με εὐμενεῖσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 16:5)
- ἄπιστον ὅ τι δαίμονεσ θέωσιν οὐδὲν φρενοάραισ βροτοῖσ· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17
5:10)
- ὅταν πολίταισ εὐσταθῶσι δαίμονεσ, ἑρ́πει κατάντησ ξυμφορὰ πρὸσ τἀγαθά. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:8)
- αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τοῦτο γένοσ κατὰ γαῖ’ ἐκάλυψε, ‐ τοὶ μὲν δαίμονεσ ἁγνοὶ ἐπιχθόνιοι καλέονται ἐσθλοί, ἀλεξίκακοι, φύλακεσ θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἵ ῥα φυλάσσουσίν τε δίκασ καὶ σχέτλια ἔργα ἠέρα ἑσσάμενοι πάντη φοιτῶντεσ ἐπ’ αἰᾶν, πλουτοδόται· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 17:1)
- ἀπ’ ἐμᾶσ ἀπ’ ἐμᾶσ οὖν τόδε παιδὸσ πέμψατε, δαίμονεσ, ἱκετεύω. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, anapests 1:12)
Synonyms
-
god
-
divine power
- δαιμόνιον (the dive Power, the Deity, the Divinity)
- μαντείᾱ (The power to prophesy or divine)
-
guardian spirit