δαιμόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter gender of δαιμόνῐος (daimónĭos, “extraordinary, divine; pertaining to daimones”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dai̯.mó.ni.on/ → /ðɛˈmo.ni.on/ → /ðeˈmo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dai̯.mó.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛˈmo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛˈmo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈmo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðeˈmo.ni.on/

Noun

δαιμόνῐον • (daimónĭon) n (genitive δαιμονῐ́ου); second declension

1. the divine Power, the Deity, the Divinity
   • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.87
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.23.8, (compare 3.18.2)
   • 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 239
   • 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Philippic 54
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Epinomis 992D
2. an inferior divine being, demon
   • c. 385 BCE, Plato, Symposium 202E
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.2
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 24B
   1. the name by which Socrates calls his genius, or the spirit that dwelt within him
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.2
      • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 40A
      • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 151A
      • 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 272E
   2. a demon, evil spirit

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δαιμόνῐον; τοῦ δαιμονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δαιμόνῐον tò daimónĭon	τὼ δαιμονῐ́ω tṑ daimonĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δαιμόνῐᾰ tằ daimónĭă
Genitive	τοῦ δαιμονῐ́ου toû daimonĭ́ou	τοῖν δαιμονῐ́οιν toîn daimonĭ́oin	τῶν δαιμονῐ́ων tôn daimonĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ δαιμονῐ́ῳ tōî daimonĭ́ōi	τοῖν δαιμονῐ́οιν toîn daimonĭ́oin	τοῖς δαιμονῐ́οις toîs daimonĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ δαιμόνῐον tò daimónĭon	τὼ δαιμονῐ́ω tṑ daimonĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ δαιμόνῐᾰ tằ daimónĭă
Vocative	δαιμόνῐον daimónĭon	δαιμονῐ́ω daimonĭ́ō	δαιμόνῐᾰ daimónĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ (daimonion), ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ (daimōnion), ⲇⲉⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ (demonion)
• → Latin: daemonium (see there for further descendants)

References

• “δαιμόνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαιμόνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δαιμόνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαιμόνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• G1140 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • deity idem, page 206.
  • demon idem, page 209.
  • familiar idem, page 305.
  • genius idem, page 357.