κακοδαίμων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compound of κᾰκός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “god, destiny”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ko.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.koˈdɛ.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.koˈðɛ.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.koˈðe.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.koˈðe.mon/
Adjective
κακοδαίμων • (kakodaímōn) m or f (neuter κακοδαῖμον); third declension
- having or being possessed by an evil genius/spirit.
- ill-starred, wretched
- (substantive) an evil genius
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | κᾰκοδαίμων kakodaímōn |
κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon |
κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone |
κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone |
κᾰκοδαίμονες kakodaímones |
κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona | ||||||||
Genitive | κᾰκοδαίμονος kakodaímonos |
κᾰκοδαίμονος kakodaímonos |
κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin |
κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin |
κᾰκοδαιμόνων kakodaimónōn |
κᾰκοδαιμόνων kakodaimónōn | ||||||||
Dative | κᾰκοδαίμονῐ kakodaímoni |
κᾰκοδαίμονῐ kakodaímoni |
κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin |
κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin |
κᾰκοδαίμοσῐ / κᾰκοδαίμοσῐν kakodaímosi(n) |
κᾰκοδαίμοσῐ / κᾰκοδαίμοσῐν kakodaímosi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona |
κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon |
κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone |
κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone |
κᾰκοδαίμονᾰς kakodaímonas |
κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona | ||||||||
Vocative | κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon |
κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon |
κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone |
κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone |
κᾰκοδαίμονες kakodaímones |
κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κᾰκοδαιμόνως kakodaimónōs |
κᾰκοδαιμονέστερος kakodaimonésteros |
κᾰκοδαιμονέστᾰτος kakodaimonéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
- ἀγαθοδαίμων (agathodaímōn)
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.