δαίμων
δαίμων,
ονος, voc.
A). δαίμων S. OC 1480 (lyr.),
δαῖμον Theoc. 2.11 ,
ὁ,
ἡ,
god, goddess, of individual gods or goddesses,
Il. 1.222 ,
3.420 , etc.;
δαίμονι ἶσος 5.438 ;
ἐμίσγετο δαίμονι δαίμων, of
Φιλίη and
Νεῖκος, Emp. 59.1 :—but more freq. of
the Divine power (while
θεός denotes a God in person),
the Deity, cf.
Od. 3.27 ;
πρὸς δαίμονα against
the Divine power, Il. 17.98 ;
σὺν δαίμονι by its grace,
11.792 ;
κατὰ δαίμονα, almost, =
τύχῃ , by
chance, Hdt. 1.111 ;
τύχᾳ δαίμονος Pi. O. 8.67 ;
ἄμαχος δ., i. e. Destiny,
B. 15.23 : in pl.,
ὅτι δαίμονες θέλωσιν, what
the Gods ordain,
Id. 16.117 ;
ταῦτα δ’ ἐν τῷ δ. S. OC 1443 ;
ἡ τύχη καὶ ὁ δ. Lys. 13.63 , cf.
Aeschin. 3.111 ;
κατὰ δαίμονα καὶ συντυχίαν Ar. Av. 544 .
2). the power controlling the destiny of individuals: hence, one's
lot or
fortune, δτυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δ. Od. 5.396 , cf.
10.64 ;
δαίμονος αἶσα κακή 11.61 ;
δαίμονα δώσω I will deal thee
fate, i.e. kill thee, I
1.8.166 ; freq. in Trag. of
good or
ill fortune, ὅταν ὁ δ. εὐροῇ A. Pers. 601 ;
δ. ἀσινής Id. Ag. 1342 (lyr.);
κοινός Id. Th. 812 ;
γενναῖος πλὴν τοῦ δαίμονος S. OC 76 ;
δαίμονος σκληρότης Antipho 3.3.4 ;
τὸν οἴακα στρέφει δ. ἑκάστψ Anaxandr. 4.6 ; personified as
the good or
evil genius of a family or person,
δ. τῷπλεισθενιδῶν A. Ag. 1569 , cf.
S. OT 1194 (lyr.);
ὁ ἑκάστου δ. Pl. Phd. 107d , cf.
PMag.Lond. 121.505 ,
Iamb. Myst. 9.1 ;
ὁ δ. ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν λελογχώς Lys. 2.78 ;
ἅπαντι δ. ἀνδρι συμπαρίσταται εὐθὺς γενομένῳ μυσταγωγὸς τοῦ βίου Men. 16.2 D.;
δ. ἀλάστορες Id. 8D. ;
ὁ μέγας [τοῦ Καίσαρος] δ. Plu. Caes. 69 ;
ὁ σὸς δ. κακός ibid.;
ὁ βασιλέως δ. Id. Art. 15 ;
ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δ. Heraclit. 119 ;
Ξενοκράτης φησὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑκάστου εἶναι δ. Arist. Top. 112a37 .
II). δαίμονες, souls of men of the golden age, acting as tutelary deities,
Hes. Op. 122 ,
Thgn. 1348 ,
Phoc. 15 ,
Emp. 115.5 , etc.;
θεῶν, δ., ἡρώων, τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου Pl. R. 392a : less freq. in sg.,
δαίμονι δ’ οἷος ἔησθα τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι ἄμεινον Hes. Op. 314 ;
τὸν τὲ δ. Δαρεῖον ἀγκαλεῖσθε, of the deified Darius,
A. Pers. 620 ;
νῦν δ’ ἐστὶ μάκαιρα δ., of Alcestis,
E. Alc. 1003 (lyr.), cf.
IG 12(5).305.5 (Paros): later, of
departed souls, Luc. Luct. 24 ;
δαίμοσιν εὐσεβέσιν, =
Dis Manibus, IG 14.1683 ; so
θεοὶ δ., ib.
938 , al.: also,
ghost, Paus. 6.6.8 .
2). generally,
spiritual or
semi-divine being inferior to the Gods,
Plu. 2.415a , al.,
Sallust. 12 ,
Dam. Pr. 183 , etc.; esp.
evil spirit, demon, Ev.Matt. 8.31 ,
J. AJ 8.2.5 ;
φαῦλοι δ. Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.46 ;
δαίμονος ἔσοδος εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, Aret. SD 1.4 ;
πρᾶξις ἐκβάλλουσα δαίμονας PMag.Par. 1227 .
3). ἀγαθὸς δ. the Good Genius to whom a toast was drunk after dinner,
Ar. V. 525 ,
Nicostr.Com. 20 ,
D.S. 4.3 ,
Plu. 2.655e ,
Philonid. ap.
Ath. 15.675b ,
Paus. 9.39.5 ,
IG 12(3).436 (Thera), etc.; of Nero,
ἀ. δ. τῆς οἰκουμένης OGI 666.3 ; of the Nile,
ἀ. δ. ποταμός ib.
672.7 (i A.D.); of the tutelary genius of individuals (supr.
1 ),
ἀ. δ. Ποσειδωνίου SIG 1044.9 (Halic.): pl.,
δαίμονες ἀ., = Lat.
Di Manes,
SIG 1246 (Mylasa): Astrol.,
ἀγαθός, κακός δ., names of celestial
κλῆροι, Paul.Al. N. 4 ,
O. 1 , etc. (Less correctly written
Ἀγαθοδαίμων, q.v.).
B). =
δαήμων ,
knowing, δ. μάχης skilled in fight,
Archil. 3.4 .(
Pl. Cra. 398b , suggests this as the orig. sense; while others would write
δαήμονες in
Archil., and get rid of this sense altogether; cf. however
αἵμων. More probably the Root of
δαίμων (
deity) is
δαίω to distribute destinies;; cf.
Alcm. 48 .)
ShortDef
god; divine power
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Headword (normalized/stripped):
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δαίμων</span>, <span class="itype greek">ονος</span>, voc. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">δαίμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1480" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1480/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1480 </a> (lyr.), <span class="quote greek">δαῖμον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.11 </a> , <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">god, goddess,</span> of individual gods or goddesses, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.222/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.222 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:420" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.420/canonical-url/"> 3.420 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">δαίμονι ἶσος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:438" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.438/canonical-url/"> 5.438 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐμίσγετο δαίμονι δαίμων,</span> of <span class="foreign greek">Φιλίη</span> and <span class="foreign greek">Νεῖκος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:59:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:59.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 59.1 </a> :—but more freq. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Divine power</span> (while <span class="foreign greek">θεός</span> denotes a God in person), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Deity,</span> cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.27 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς δαίμονα</span> against <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Divine power,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.98 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σὺν δαίμονι</span> by its grace, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:792" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.792/canonical-url/"> 11.792 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ δαίμονα,</span> almost, = <span class="ref greek">τύχῃ</span> , by <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">chance,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.111 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τύχᾳ δαίμονος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 8.67 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄμαχος</span> <span class="foreign greek">δ.,</span> i. e. Destiny, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:15:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:15.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 15.23 </a>: in pl., <span class="foreign greek">ὅτι δαίμονες θέλωσιν,</span> what <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Gods</span> ordain, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16.117/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 16.117 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ταῦτα δ’ ἐν τῷ δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1443/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1443 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ τύχη καὶ ὁ δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg013.perseus-grc1:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg013.perseus-grc1:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 13.63 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.111 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ δαίμονα καὶ συντυχίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:544" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:544/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 544 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the power controlling the destiny of individuals</span>: hence, one\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lot</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fortune,</span> <span class="quote greek">δτυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.396 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.64/canonical-url/"> 10.64 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δαίμονος αἶσα κακή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:61" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.61/canonical-url/"> 11.61 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δαίμονα δώσω</span> I will deal thee <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fate,</span> i.e. kill thee, I<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:8:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:8:166/canonical-url/"> 1.8.166 </a>; freq. in Trag. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">good</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ill fortune,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὅταν ὁ δ. εὐροῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 601 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δ. ἀσινής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1342" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1342/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1342 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">κοινός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:812" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:812/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 812 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γενναῖος πλὴν τοῦ δαίμονος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 76 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δαίμονος σκληρότης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg003.perseus-grc1:3.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 3.3.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸν οἴακα στρέφει δ. ἑκάστψ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:4:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0405.tlg001:4.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxandr.</span> 4.6 </a> ; personified as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the good</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">evil genius</span> of a family or person, <span class="quote greek">δ. τῷπλεισθενιδῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1569" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1569/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1569 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1194 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὁ ἑκάστου δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:107d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:107d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 107d </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PMag.Lond.</span> 121.505 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:9:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:9.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Myst.</span> 9.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ δ. ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν λελογχώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 2.78 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἅπαντι δ. ἀνδρι συμπαρίσταται εὐθὺς γενομένῳ μυσταγωγὸς τοῦ βίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:16:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:16.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 16.2 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">δ. ἀλάστορες</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8D. </span> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μέγας [τοῦ Καίσαρος] δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 69 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ σὸς δ. κακός</span> ibid.; <span class="quote greek">ὁ βασιλέως δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg064:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 15 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 119 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ξενοκράτης φησὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑκάστου εἶναι δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:112a:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:112a.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 112a37 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δαίμονες, </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">souls of men of the golden age,</span> acting as tutelary deities, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 122 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1348 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1604.tlg001:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1604.tlg001:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phoc.</span> 15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:115.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 115.5 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">θεῶν, δ., ἡρώων, τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:392a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:392a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 392a </a> : less freq. in sg., <span class="quote greek">δαίμονι δ’ οἷος ἔησθα τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι ἄμεινον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:314" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:314/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 314 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸν τὲ δ. Δαρεῖον ἀγκαλεῖσθε,</span> of the deified Darius, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:620" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:620/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 620 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">νῦν δ’ ἐστὶ μάκαιρα δ.,</span> of Alcestis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1003" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1003/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1003 </a> (lyr.), cf.<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(5).305.5 </span> (Paros): later, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">departed souls,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg036:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg036:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Luct.</span> 24 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δαίμοσιν εὐσεβέσιν,</span> = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Dis Manibus,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 14.1683 </span>; so <span class="foreign greek">θεοὶ δ.,</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 938 </span>, al.: also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ghost,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:6:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:6:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 6.6.8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spiritual</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">semi-divine being</span> inferior to the Gods, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.415a </span>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2049.tlg001:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2049.tlg001:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sallust.</span> 12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 183 </a>, etc.; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">evil spirit, demon,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ev.Matt.</span> 8.31 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:2:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:2:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 8.2.5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φαῦλοι δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg002:2:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0732.tlg002:2.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Aphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 2.46 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δαίμονος ἔσοδος εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aret.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SD</span> 1.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πρᾶξις ἐκβάλλουσα δαίμονας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PMag.Par.</span> 1227 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἀγαθὸς δ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Good Genius</span> to whom a toast was drunk after dinner, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:525" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:525/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 525 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0484.tlg001:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0484.tlg001:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicostr.Com.</span> 20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:4.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 4.3 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.655e </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philonid.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:675b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.675b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 15.675b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:39:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:39:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 9.39.5 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(3).436 </span> (Thera), etc.; of Nero, <span class="quote greek">ἀ. δ. τῆς οἰκουμένης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 666.3 </span> ; of the Nile, <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. δ. ποταμός</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 672.7 </span> (i A.D.); of the tutelary genius of individuals (supr. <span class="bibl"> 1 </span>), <span class="quote greek">ἀ. δ. Ποσειδωνίου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1044.9 </span> (Halic.): pl., <span class="foreign greek">δαίμονες ἀ.,</span> = Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Di Manes</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1246 </span> (Mylasa): Astrol., <span class="foreign greek">ἀγαθός, κακός δ.,</span> names of celestial <span class="foreign greek">κλῆροι,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paul.Al.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 4 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1 </span>, etc. (Less correctly written <span class="foreign greek">Ἀγαθοδαίμων,</span> q.v.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">δαήμων</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knowing,</span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. μάχης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">skilled in</span> fight, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:3.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 3.4 </a>.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:398b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:398b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 398b </a>, suggests this as the orig. sense; while others would write <span class="foreign greek">δαήμονες</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span></span>, and get rid of this sense altogether; cf. however <span class="foreign greek">αἵμων.</span> More probably the Root of <span class="foreign greek">δαίμων</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deity</span>) is <span class="foreign greek">δαίω</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to distribute destinies;</span>; cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 48 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}