δαιμόνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter gender of δαιμόνῐος (daimónĭos, “extraordinary, divine; pertaining to daimones”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dai̯.mó.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dɛˈmo.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðɛˈmo.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðeˈmo.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðeˈmo.ni.on/
Noun
δαιμόνῐον • (daimónĭon) n (genitive δαιμονῐ́ου); second declension
- the divine Power, the Deity, the Divinity
- an inferior divine being, demon
- the name by which Socrates calls his genius, or the spirit that dwelt within him
- a demon, evil spirit
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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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 (2006–2025)
- 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.