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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
A borrowing of Latin daemon (“tutelary deity”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, tutelary deity”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.mən/
- Rhymes: -iːmən
- Hyphenation: dae‧mon
Noun[edit]
daemon (plural daemons)
- (uncommon) Alternative form of demon.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
daemon (plural daemons)
Usage notes[edit]
- (Unix): Often a daemon will be a server.
Translations[edit]
computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal
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See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
daemon
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- demon (Medieval)
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
daemōn m (genitive daemonis); third declension
- a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household
- (astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac
- (ecclesiastical) a demon
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | daemōn | daemonēs |
Genitive | daemonis | daemonum |
Dative | daemonī | daemonibus |
Accusative | daemonem | daemonēs |
Ablative | daemone | daemonibus |
Vocative | daemōn | daemonēs |
Derived terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
- Italian: demone
- Albanian: djemën
- Aromanian: demun
- English: daemon, demon
- Galician: demo
- German: Dämon
- Irish: deamhan
- Portuguese: demo
- Translingual: Felis daemon
References[edit]
- daemon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- daemon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- daemon in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- daemon in The Perseus Project, Perseus Encyclopedia[1], 1999
- daemon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor, Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898
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