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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

  • ἐκεῖ τοίνυν λοχῶσιν αἱ διψάδεσ παρὰ τὰ ᾠά, καὶ ἐπειδὰν προσέλθῃ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ, ἐκ τῆσ ψάμμου ἐξερπύσασαι δάκνουσι τὸν κακοδαίμονα· (Lucian, Dipsades 13:1)
  • ὁρῶ κακοδαίμονα καὶ ἀνόητον ἄνθρωπον οὐδὲ νῦν πολὺ τῆσ σίλφησ ἢ ἐμπίδοσ ἄμεινον βιοῦντα. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 31:2)
  • "οὐχ ἱκανά μοι τὰ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἔργα, ψεύδεσθαι καὶ ἐπιορκεῖν καὶ τοὺσ τοσούτουσ ὕθλουσ καὶ λήρουσ διαντλεῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸν βόρβορον τῶν λόγων ἐκείνων ἐμεῖν, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ νυκτὸσ τὴν κακοδαίμονα σχολὴν ἄγειν ἐᾷσ, ἀλλὰ μόνη σοι πάντα ποιῶ καὶ πατοῦμαι καὶ μιαίνομαι,^ καὶ ἀντὶ γλώττησ ὅσα καὶ χειρὶ χρῆσθαι διέγνωκασ καὶ ὥσπερ ἀλλοτρίαν ὑβρίζεισ καὶ ἐπικλύζεισ τοσούτοισ κακοῖσ. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 22:5)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀντιβολεῖτε τὸν πατέρ ὦ κακοδαίμονα. (Aristophanes, Peace, Prologue, iambics11)
  • ἡ δὲ Κακία παρεστῶσα γυμνὴ καὶ μηδενὸσ δεομένη τῶν ἔξωθεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐρωτάτω τὴν Τύχην πῶσ ποιήσει κακοδαίμονα καὶ ἄθυμον τὸν ἄνθρωπον. (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 3 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. having or being possessed by an evil genius

  2. ill-starred

  3. an evil genius

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