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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

  • Ὦ στυγνὸν οὔνομ̓, ὦ θεοῖσ στυγούμενον, Ποδάγρα, πολυστένακτε, Κωκυτοῦ τέκνον, ἣν Ταρτάρου κευθμῶσιν ἐν βαθυσκίοισ Μέγαιῤ Ἐρινὺσ γαστρὸσ ἐξεγείνατο μαζοῖσί τ̓ ἐξέθρεψε, καὶ πικρῷ βρέφει εἰσ χεῖλοσ ἐστάλαξεν Ἀλληκτὼ γάλα, τίσ τὴν δυσώνυμόν σε δαιμόνων ἄρα εἰσ φῶσ ἀνῆκεν; (Lucian, 1)
  • τίνι δαιμόνων ἄγουσι κωμαστὴν χορόν; (Lucian, 18)
  • μὴ σπεῖρε τέκνων ἄλοκα δαιμόνων βίᾳ· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 13:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ἡ φρόνησισ τοῦ θεοῦ μεῖζον σθένειν ζητεῖ, τὸ γαῦρον δ’ ἐν φρεσὶν κεκτημένοι δοκοῦμεν εἶναι δαιμόνων σοφώτεροι. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 3:9)
  • οὐ γάρ ποτ’ εἰσ Ἕλληνασ ἐξοισθήσεται ὡσ εἰσ ἔμ’ ἐλθὼν καὶ πόλιν Πανδίονοσ νόμοσ παλαιὸσ δαιμόνων διεφθάρη. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:10)

Synonyms

  1. god

  2. divine power

  3. guardian spirit

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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