κακοδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of κᾰκός (kakós, “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 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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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.
  • miserable idem, page 533.
  • sad idem, page 730.
  • unfortunate idem, page 918.
  • unhappy idem, page 920.
  • unlucky idem, page 924.
  • wretched idem, page 993.