noun · masculinethird declension
daemōn
daemōn m (genitive daemonis)
Classical[ˈdae̯.moːn]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.mon]
Meaning
- a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household
- the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac
- EcclesiasticalLatina demon
[…] perſuadent enim ſe crebro cum dæmone ſermones ſerere, quem Wattipam nominant, & res geſtas in longinquis regionibus ab ipſo edoceri, nec non futuras præmoneri: agnoſcunt autem hunc ſpiritum malum eſſe; neque injuria, nam haud raro miſerum in modum ab ipſo flagellantur.
For they persuade themselves that they often hold conversations with a demon whom they call Wattipa, and that they are informed by him of things done in distant regions, and indeed foreshown things to be: but they acknowledge that this spirit is evil; and not without reason, for not infrequently they are scourged by him in a miserable manner.1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | daemōn | daemonēs |
| genitive | daemonis | daemonum daemonium |
| dative | daemonī | daemonibus |
| accusative | daemonem daemona | daemonēs daemonas |
| ablative | daemone | daemonibus |
| vocative | daemōn | daemonēs |
daemon, ŏnis, m., = δαίμων, a spirit, genius, lar (post-class.).
I. In gen.: App. de Deo Socr. p. 49, 5: bonus = ἀγαθοδαίμων, in astrology, the last but one of the twelve celestial signs, Firm. Math. 2, 19: melior, Jul. Val. Res gest. A. M. 1, 27.—
II. In eccl. writers: κατʼ ἐξοχήν, an evil spirit, demon, Lact. 2, 14; Vulg. Levit. 17, 7; id. Jacob. 2, 19; Tert. Apol. 22 init., et saep.
Daemon, ŏnis, m.,
I. the name of a Greek sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 87.
Origins
From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).
Descendants
- Catalandèmon
- Englishdaemon
- Englishdemon
- Frenchdémon
- GermanDämon
- Italiandemone
- Portuguesedemofrom Old Galician-Portuguese demo
- Albaniandjemën
- Aromaniandemun
- Dalmatiandemun