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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

  • καὶ πολύ γε, οἶμαι, πρότερον τοῦ γελᾶν πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν ἐξετάσει πότερον εὐσεβεῖσ αὐτοὺσ χρὴ καλεῖν ἢ τοὐναντίον θεοῖσ ἐχθροὺσ καὶ κακοδαίμονασ, οἵ γε οὕτω ταπεινὸν καὶ ἀγεννὲσ τὸ θεῖον ὑπειλήφασιν ὥστε εἶναι ἀνθρώπων ἐνδεὲσ καὶ κολακευόμενον ἥδεσθαι καὶ ἀγανακτεῖν ἀμελούμενον. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 1:3)
  • ἐνταῦθα ὁ Ἥφαιστοσ ‐ ἔτυχε γὰρ πλησίον που ὤν ‐ πᾶν ὅσον, οἶμαι, πῦρ εἶχε καὶ ὅσον ἐν τῇ Αἴτνῃ καὶ εἴ ποθι ἄλλοθι, φέρων ἐπῆλθέ μοι, καὶ ἔκαυσε μὲν τὰσ πτελέασ καὶ μυρίκασ, ὤπτησε δὲ καὶ τοὺσ κακοδαίμονασ ἰχθῦσ καὶ τὰσ ἐγχέλεισ, αὐτὸν δὲ ἐμὲ ὑπερκαχλάσαι ποιήσασ μικροῦ δεῖν ὅλον ξηρὸν εἴργασται. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, xanthus and thalassa, chapter 21)
  • τίσ οὐκ ἂν καταφρονήσειε ταύτησ τῆσ πόλεωσ τοὺσ ὑπασπιστὰσ αὐτῆσ οὕτωσ κακοδαίμονασ ὁρῶν; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 50:3)
  • τοιγαροῦν ὥσπερ δυσέρωτασ αὐτοὺσ καὶ κακοδαίμονασ ἐραστὰσ ἔντεχνοί τινεσ καὶ τρίβωνεσ ἐρώμενοι παραλαβόντεσ ὑπεροπτικῶσ περιέπουσιν, ὅπωσ ἀεὶ ἐρασθήσονται αὐτῶν θεραπεύοντεσ, ἀπολαῦσαι δὲ τῶν παιδικῶν ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ μέχρι φιλήματοσ ἄκρου μεταδιδόντεσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 7:3)
  • τίνασ οὖν ταῦτα κακοδαίμονασ ποιεῖ; (Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia, section 41)
  • κακοδαιμονᾷσ. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode44)

Synonyms

  1. having or being possessed by an evil genius

  2. ill-starred

  3. an evil genius

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