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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

  • ὁρᾷσ ὅπωσ κακοδαιμόνωσ διάκειται, βακτηρίασ εἰσ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὡσ ἀληθῶσ δεόμενοσ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 14:3)
  • οἳ γε μὴν ῥήτορεσ, καὶ ὃ δεινότερόν ἐστιν, καὶ οἱ φιλοσοφεῖν φάσκοντεσ πρὸσ αὐτὰ οὕτωσ διάκεινται κακοδαιμόνωσ, ὥστε τῶν μάλιστα νῦν εὐδοκιμούντων φιλοσόφων ‐ περὶ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ῥητόρων τί δεῖ λέγειν; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 52:4)
  • ἢ οὐχ ὁρᾷσ πολλοὺσ τῶν πλουσίων κακοδαιμόνωσ διάγοντασ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀλγηδόνων, τοὺσ μὲν οὐδὲ βαδίζειν δυναμένουσ, ἐνίουσ δὲ τυφλοὺσ ἢ τῶν ἐντοσθιδίων τι ἀλγοῦντασ; (Lucian, 46:2)
  • τί δ’ ἄν τισ αὐτῷ χρήσαιτο ῥυπῶντι καὶ οὕτω κακοδαιμόνωσ διακειμένῳ; (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 7:11)
  • "τὸ κατὰ κακίαν ζῆν τῷ κακοδαιμόνωσ ζῆν ταὐτόν ἐστιν· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 18 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. having or being possessed by an evil genius

  2. ill-starred

  3. an evil genius

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