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κακοδαίμων

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακοδαίμων κακοδαίμων κακοδαῖμον

Structure: κακοδαιμων (Stem)

Sense

  1. having or being possessed by an evil genius/spirit.
  2. ill-starred, wretched
  3. (substantive) an evil genius

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ σά, ὡσ πεζὰ μέτροισ παραβάλλειν, καθάπερ ὁ Δωσιάδα Βωμὸσ ἂν εἰή καὶ ἡ τοῦ Λυκόφρονοσ Ἀλεξάνδρα, καὶ εἴ τισ ἔτι τούτων τὴν φωνὴν κακοδαιμονέστεροσ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 25:5)
  • "ἐγώ," φησίν, "ὁ κακοδαίμων, κἀμοῦ κακοδαιμονέστεροσ ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεύσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. h'. ARISTIPPOS 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. having or being possessed by an evil genius

  2. ill-starred

  3. an evil genius

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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