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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

  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ Τάνταλοσ ἐπ’ αὐτῇ τῇ λίμνῃ αὐο͂σ ἔστηκεν κινδυνεύων ὑπὸ δίψουσ ὁ κακοδαίμων ἀποθανεῖν. (Lucian, (no name) 8:4)
  • "οἴχῃ μοι κακοδαίμων ἐκφυγὼν τὰσ νόσουσ, οὐ πυρετὸν ἔτι δεδιώσ, οὐ πολέμιον, οὐ τύραννον οὐκ ἔρωσ σε ἀνιάσει οὐδὲ συνουσία διαστρέψει, οὐδὲ σπαθήσεισ ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὶσ ἢ τρὶσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ, ὢ τῆσ συμφορᾶσ. (Lucian, (no name) 16:11)
  • ὁ κακοδαίμων Περεγρῖνοσ, ἢ ὡσ αὐτὸσ ἔχαιρεν ὀνομάζων ἑαυτόν, Πρωτεύσ, αὐτὸ δὴ ἐκεῖνο τὸ τοῦ Ὁμηρικοῦ Πρωτέωσ ἔπαθεν· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 1:1)
  • οὐκέτι ὁ κακοδαίμων ἑώθεν εἰσ ἑσπέραν ἄσιτοσ διαμενῶ, οὐδὲ τοῦ χειμῶνοσ ἀνυπόδητόσ τε καὶ ἡμίγυμνοσ περινοστήσω τοὺσ ὀδόντασ ὑπὸ τοῦ κρύουσ συγκροτῶν. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 20:14)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἀπηνθράκωμαι ὅλοσ ὁ κακοδαίμων καὶ ζέω. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, xanthus and thalassa, chapter 15)

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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