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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

  • οὐδὲν σοφιζόμεσθα τοῖσι δαίμοσιν. (Euripides, episode25)
  • καλὸν τὸ θῦμα καταβαλοῦσα δαίμοσιν ἐπὶ δαῖτα Θήβασ τάσδε κἀμὲ παρακαλεῖσ. (Euripides, episode 3:2)
  • θύσεισ γὰρ οἱᾶ χρή σε δαίμοσιν θύη. (Euripides, episode, anapests 8:37)
  • "τὰ τοιαῦτα εἶδεν, οὐχὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ δαίμοσιν ἐντετυχήκασιν οἱ μὲν νύκτωρ, οἱ δὲ μεθ’ ἡμέραν; (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 15:1)
  • δοκεῖσ ἀπειλῶν σῶν μέλειν τι δαίμοσιν; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:27)

Synonyms

  1. god

  2. divine power

  3. guardian spirit

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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