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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

  • "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

  1. god

  2. divine power

  3. guardian spirit

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