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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

  • αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ δαίμων χαλεποὺσ ἐπετέλλετ’ ἀέθλουσ. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 6:8)
  • "ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ δαίμων τοιάδε ἤθελεν, πρῶτα μέν σοι τίσισ ἐξ ἡμέων ἔσσεται, αὐτέων συκοφαντέων ὁ θάνατοσ, μετὰ δὲ μεγάλη δωρεὴ ἀπίξεται χρυσόσ τε πολλὸσ καὶ ἄργυροσ ἄπλετοσ καὶ ἐσθῆτεσ Ἀσσύριαι καὶ ἵπποι βασιλήιοι. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 26:5)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ δαίμων κάρτοσ Αἰτωλοῖσ ὄρεξεν, θάπτομεν οὓσ κατέπε‐ φνεν σῦσ ἐριβρύχασ ἐπαί̈σσων βίᾳ, Ἀγκαῖον ἐμῶν τ’ Ἀγέλαον φ[έρτ]ατον κεδνῶν ἀδελφεῶν, οὓσ τέ]κεν ἐν μεγάροισ πατρὸ]σ Ἀλθαία περικλειτοῖσιν Οἰνέοσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 9:2)
  • τυφλὰ δ’ ἐκ χειρῶν βέλη ψυχαῖσ ἔπι δυσμενέων φοι‐ τᾷ θάνατόν τε φέρει τοῖσιν ἂν δαίμων θέλῃ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 10:6)
  • Αὐτομήδει νῦν γε νικά‐ σαντί νιν δαίμων ἔδωκεν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 9 3:2)
  • ὡσ δ’ ἐν] Μαλέᾳ ποτέ, [χεῖμα δαί]μων ἐπ’ ἔθ]νοσ ἐφάμερον α[ἶψ’ ἱήσι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 16:1)

Synonyms

  1. god

  2. divine power

  3. guardian spirit

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