δαίμων
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From δαίομαι (daíomai, “to divide”) + -μων (-mōn), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-i- (“to divide, cut”). For similar semantic development compare Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (baga, “god”), Sanskrit भग (bhága, “dispenser, patron”) (usually applied to gods) beside Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀- (baga-, “part”) and Sanskrit भजति (bhájati, “to divide, apportion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /daí̯.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdɛ.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðɛ.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðe.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðe.mon/
Noun[edit]
δαίμων • (daímōn) m, f (genitive δαίμονος); third declension
Usage notes[edit]
While δαίμων was sometimes used interchangeably with θεός (theós), when used together in a context, a δαίμων is usually a lower god than a θεός (theós).
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ δαίμων ho, hē daímōn |
τὼ δαίμονε tṑ daímone |
οἱ, αἱ δαίμονες hoi, hai daímones |
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Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς δαίμονος toû, tês daímonos |
τοῖν δαιμόνοιν toîn daimónoin |
τῶν δαιμόνων tôn daimónōn |
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Dative | τῷ, τῇ δαίμονῐ tôi, têi daímoni |
τοῖν δαιμόνοιν toîn daimónoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς δαίμοσῐ(ν) toîs, taîs daímosi(n) |
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Accusative | τὸν, τὴν δαίμονᾰ tòn, tḕn daímona |
τὼ δαίμονε tṑ daímone |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς δαίμονᾰς toùs, tā̀s daímonas |
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Vocative | δαῖμον daîmon |
δαίμονε daímone |
δαίμονες daímones |
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Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
Derived terms[edit]
- δαιμόνιος (daimónios)
- δεισιδαίμων (deisidaímōn)
- εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn)
- κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- δαίμων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δαίμων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δαίμων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δαίμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- δαίμων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δαίμων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2018)
- δαίμων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “G1142”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Fate idem, page 1010.
- Fortune idem, page 1011.
- deity idem, page 206.
- demon idem, page 209.
- destiny idem, page 217.
- divinity idem, page 244.
- doom idem, page 247.
- familiar idem, page 305.
- fate idem, page 309.
- fortune idem, page 340.
- genius idem, page 357.
- god idem, page 365.
- goddess idem, page 365.
- lot idem, page 501.
- luck idem, page 503.
- spirit idem, page 802.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 297
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