κακοδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰκο- (kăko-, bad) +‎ δαίμων (daímōn, “god, destiny”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.ko.dǎi̯.mɔːn/ → /ka.koˈðɛ.mon/ → /ka.koˈðe.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈdɛ.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈðɛ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈðe.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈðe.mon/

Adjective

κακοδαίμων • (kakodaímōn) m or f (neuter κακοδαῖμον); third declension

1. having or being possessed by an evil genius/spirit.
2. ill-starred, wretched
3. (substantive) an evil genius

Declension

Third declension of κᾰκοδαίμων; κᾰκοδαῖμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰκοδαίμων kăkodaímōn		κᾰκοδαῖμον kăkodaîmon		κᾰκοδαίμονε kăkodaímone		κᾰκοδαίμονε kăkodaímone		κᾰκοδαίμονες kăkodaímones		κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kăkodaímonă
Genitive		κᾰκοδαίμονος kăkodaímonos		κᾰκοδαίμονος kăkodaímonos		κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kăkodaimónoin		κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kăkodaimónoin		κᾰκοδαιμόνων kăkodaimónōn		κᾰκοδαιμόνων kăkodaimónōn
Dative		κᾰκοδαίμονῐ kăkodaímonĭ		κᾰκοδαίμονῐ kăkodaímonĭ		κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kăkodaimónoin		κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kăkodaimónoin		κᾰκοδαίμοσῐ κᾰκοδαίμοσῐν kăkodaímosĭ(n)		κᾰκοδαίμοσῐ κᾰκοδαίμοσῐν kăkodaímosĭ(n)
Accusative		κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kăkodaímonă		κᾰκοδαῖμον kăkodaîmon		κᾰκοδαίμονε kăkodaímone		κᾰκοδαίμονε kăkodaímone		κᾰκοδαίμονᾰς kăkodaímonăs		κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kăkodaímonă
Vocative		κᾰκοδαῖμον kăkodaîmon		κᾰκοδαῖμον kăkodaîmon		κᾰκοδαίμονε kăkodaímone		κᾰκοδαίμονε kăkodaímone		κᾰκοδαίμονες kăkodaímones		κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kăkodaímonă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κᾰκοδαιμόνως kăkodaimónōs				κᾰκοδαιμονέστερος kăkodaimonésteros				κᾰκοδαιμονέστᾰτος kăkodaimonéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• ἀγαθοδαίμων (agathodaímōn)

Related terms

• κακός (kakós)

Further reading

• “κακοδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κακοδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κακοδαίμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • miserable idem, page 533.
  • sad idem, page 730.
  • unfortunate idem, page 918.
  • unhappy idem, page 920.
  • unlucky idem, page 924.
  • wretched idem, page 993.