"δαίμων" meaning in Ancient Greek

See δαίμων in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dǎi̯.mɔːn/, /ˈðɛ.mon/, /ˈðe.mon/, /dǎi̯.mɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈdɛ.mon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈðɛ.mon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈðe.mon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈðe.mon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From δαίομαι (daíomai, “to divide”) + -μων (-mōn), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-i- (“to divide, cut”). For similar semantic development compare Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠baga⁠/, “god”), Sanskrit भग (bhága, “dispenser, patron”) (usually applied to gods) beside Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀- (baga-, “part”) and Sanskrit भजति (bhájati, “to divide, apportion”). Compare the etymology of English time. Etymology templates: {{af|grc|δαίομαι|-μων|t1=to divide}} δαίομαι (daíomai, “to divide”) + -μων (-mōn), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*deh₂-i-||to divide, cut}} Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-i- (“to divide, cut”), {{cog|peo|𐎲𐎥||god|sc=Xpeo|ts=baga}} Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠baga⁠/, “god”), {{cog|sa|भग||dispenser, patron|tr=bhága}} Sanskrit भग (bhága, “dispenser, patron”), {{cog|ae|𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀-||part}} Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀- (baga-, “part”), {{cog|sa|भजति||to divide, apportion|tr=bhájati}} Sanskrit भजति (bhájati, “to divide, apportion”), {{cog|en|time}} English time Head templates: {{grc-noun|δαίμονος|m|third|g2=f}} δαίμων • (daímōn) m or f (genitive δαίμονος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|δαίμων|δαίμονος|form=MF}} Forms: daímōn [romanization], δαίμονος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], [nominative, singular], ἡ δαίμων [nominative, singular], τὼ δαίμονε [dual, nominative], οἱ [nominative, plural], αἱ δαίμονες [nominative, plural], τοῦ [genitive, singular], τῆς δαίμονος [genitive, singular], τοῖν δαιμόνοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν δαιμόνων [genitive, plural], τῷ [dative, singular], τῇ δαίμονῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν δαιμόνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς [dative, plural], ταῖς δαίμοσῐ [dative, plural], δαίμοσῐν [dative, plural], toîs [dative, plural], taîs daímosi [dative, plural], taîs daímosin [dative, plural], τὸν [accusative, singular], τὴν δαίμονᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ δαίμονε [accusative, dual], τοὺς [accusative, plural], τᾱ̀ς δαίμονᾰς [accusative, plural], δαῖμον [singular, vocative], δαίμονε [dual, vocative], δαίμονες [plural, vocative]
  1. god, goddess demigod
    divine power, deity
    Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-δαίμων-grc-noun-MeUJPO~U Disambiguation of Religion: 33 26 26 0 15 Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 22 21 26 10
  2. god, goddess demigod
    guardian spirit (Latin genius), and so one's fate, destiny, fortune
    Sense id: en-δαίμων-grc-noun-JdYxXIrw Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 22 21 26 10
  3. god, goddess demigod
    Sense id: en-δαίμων-grc-noun-nKOOhLZm Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 22 21 26 10
  4. departed soul
    Sense id: en-δαίμων-grc-noun-45m7pn1T Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μων, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 11 35 19 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 18 23 18 30 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 22 21 26 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μων: 13 25 13 35 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 20 13 32 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 14 5 63 10
  5. (ecclesiastical, biblical) demon, evil spirit Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-δαίμων-grc-noun-DYuM~Bqu Categories (other): Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 22 21 26 10 Topics: biblical, ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: δαιμόνιος (daimónios), δεισιδαίμων (deisidaímōn), εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn), κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), Λᾰκεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "daimónios",
      "word": "δαιμόνιος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "deisidaímōn",
      "word": "δεισιδαίμων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "eudaímōn",
      "word": "εὐδαίμων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kakodaímōn",
      "word": "κακοδαίμων"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Lakedaímōn",
      "word": "Λᾰκεδαίμων"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ",
            "3": "ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ (daimōn), ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ (demōn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ (daimōn), ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ (demōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δαίμονας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δαίμονας (daímonas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δαίμονας (daímonas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "daemon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: daemon",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: daemon (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "daimon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: daimon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: daimon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "δαίομαι",
        "3": "-μων",
        "t1": "to divide"
      },
      "expansion": "δαίομαι (daíomai, “to divide”) + -μων (-mōn)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deh₂-i-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to divide, cut"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-i- (“to divide, cut”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎲𐎥",
        "3": "",
        "4": "god",
        "sc": "Xpeo",
        "ts": "baga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠baga⁠/, “god”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भग",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dispenser, patron",
        "tr": "bhága"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भग (bhága, “dispenser, patron”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "part"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀- (baga-, “part”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भजति",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to divide, apportion",
        "tr": "bhájati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भजति (bhájati, “to divide, apportion”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "time"
      },
      "expansion": "English time",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From δαίομαι (daíomai, “to divide”) + -μων (-mōn), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-i- (“to divide, cut”). For similar semantic development compare Old Persian 𐎲𐎥 (b-g /⁠baga⁠/, “god”), Sanskrit भग (bhága, “dispenser, patron”) (usually applied to gods) beside Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀- (baga-, “part”) and Sanskrit भजति (bhájati, “to divide, apportion”). Compare the etymology of English time.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "daímōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμονος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ",
      "roman": "ho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ δαίμων",
      "roman": "hē daímōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ δαίμονε",
      "roman": "tṑ daímone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ",
      "roman": "hoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ δαίμονες",
      "roman": "hai daímones",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ",
      "roman": "toû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς δαίμονος",
      "roman": "tês daímonos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν δαιμόνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn daimónoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν δαιμόνων",
      "roman": "tôn daimónōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ",
      "roman": "tôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ δαίμονῐ",
      "roman": "têi daímoni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν δαιμόνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn daimónoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς δαίμοσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμοσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs daímosi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs daímosin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "roman": "tòn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν δαίμονᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn daímona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ δαίμονε",
      "roman": "tṑ daímone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς δαίμονᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s daímonas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαῖμον",
      "roman": "daîmon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμονε",
      "roman": "daímone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμονες",
      "roman": "daímones",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δαίμονος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "δαίμων • (daímōn) m or f (genitive δαίμονος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δαίμων",
        "2": "δαίμονος",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 21 26 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 26 26 0 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "grc:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.98"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.111"
        },
        {
          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1443"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 135.33"
        },
        {
          "text": "389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 69.38"
        },
        {
          "text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 544"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god, goddess demigod",
        "divine power, deity"
      ],
      "id": "en-δαίμων-grc-noun-MeUJPO~U",
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "demigod",
          "demigod"
        ],
        [
          "divine",
          "divine"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 21 26 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.396, (compare 10.64)"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.61"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.166"
        },
        {
          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 158"
        },
        {
          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 601"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1342"
        },
        {
          "text": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 705"
        },
        {
          "text": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 812"
        },
        {
          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 76"
        },
        {
          "text": "480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 122.44"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god, goddess demigod",
        "guardian spirit (Latin genius), and so one's fate, destiny, fortune"
      ],
      "id": "en-δαίμων-grc-noun-JdYxXIrw",
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "demigod",
          "demigod"
        ],
        [
          "genius",
          "genius#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 21 26 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.222"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.420"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.172"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.196"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god, goddess demigod"
      ],
      "id": "en-δαίμων-grc-noun-nKOOhLZm",
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "demigod",
          "demigod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 25 11 35 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 23 18 30 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 21 26 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 25 13 35 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μων",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 20 13 32 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 14 5 63 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 121"
        },
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 312"
        },
        {
          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 620"
        },
        {
          "text": "438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 1003"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "departed soul"
      ],
      "id": "en-δαίμων-grc-noun-45m7pn1T",
      "links": [
        [
          "departed",
          "departed"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "grc:Bible",
          "parents": [
            "Books",
            "Christianity",
            "Judaism",
            "Literature",
            "Mass media",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Culture",
            "Entertainment",
            "Writing",
            "Media",
            "Religion",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
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            "Fundamental"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 22 21 26 10",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "New Testament, Gospel of Matthew 8:31"
        }
      ],
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        "demon, evil spirit"
      ],
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          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
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          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
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        "(ecclesiastical, biblical) demon, evil spirit"
      ],
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        "biblical",
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dǎi̯.mɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛ.mon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðe.mon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dǎi̯.mɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛ.mon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛ.mon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðe.mon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðe.mon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δαίμων"
}
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    "Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders",
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      "roman": "daimónios",
      "word": "δαιμόνιος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "deisidaímōn",
      "word": "δεισιδαίμων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eudaímōn",
      "word": "εὐδαίμων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kakodaímōn",
      "word": "κακοδαίμων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Lakedaímōn",
      "word": "Λᾰκεδαίμων"
    }
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            "1": "cop",
            "2": "ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ",
            "3": "ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Coptic: ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ (daimōn), ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ (demōn)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Coptic: ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛ (daimōn), ⲇⲉⲙⲱⲛ (demōn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δαίμονας"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δαίμονας (daímonas)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δαίμονας (daímonas)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "daemon",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: daemon",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: daemon (see there for further descendants)"
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            "2": "daimon",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "3": "-μων",
        "t1": "to divide"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to divide, cut"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "god",
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        "ts": "baga"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भग",
        "3": "",
        "4": "dispenser, patron",
        "tr": "bhága"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भग (bhága, “dispenser, patron”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "part"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬔𐬀- (baga-, “part”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भजति",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to divide, apportion",
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      "expansion": "Sanskrit भजति (bhájati, “to divide, apportion”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "time"
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      "expansion": "English time",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "daímōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "δαίμονος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ",
      "roman": "ho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ δαίμων",
      "roman": "hē daímōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ δαίμονε",
      "roman": "tṑ daímone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ",
      "roman": "hoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ δαίμονες",
      "roman": "hai daímones",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ",
      "roman": "toû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς δαίμονος",
      "roman": "tês daímonos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν δαιμόνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn daimónoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν δαιμόνων",
      "roman": "tôn daimónōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ",
      "roman": "tôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ δαίμονῐ",
      "roman": "têi daímoni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν δαιμόνοιν",
      "roman": "toîn daimónoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς δαίμοσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμοσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs daímosi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs daímosin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "roman": "tòn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν δαίμονᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn daímona",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ δαίμονε",
      "roman": "tṑ daímone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς δαίμονᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s daímonas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαῖμον",
      "roman": "daîmon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμονε",
      "roman": "daímone",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "δαίμονες",
      "roman": "daímones",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "δαίμονος",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "δαίμων • (daímōn) m or f (genitive δαίμονος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "δαίμων",
        "2": "δαίμονος",
        "form": "MF"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.98"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.111"
        },
        {
          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1443"
        },
        {
          "text": "445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Collected Works 135.33"
        },
        {
          "text": "389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Collected Works 69.38"
        },
        {
          "text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 544"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god, goddess demigod",
        "divine power, deity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "demigod",
          "demigod"
        ],
        [
          "divine",
          "divine"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.396, (compare 10.64)"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 11.61"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.166"
        },
        {
          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 158"
        },
        {
          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 601"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1342"
        },
        {
          "text": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 705"
        },
        {
          "text": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 812"
        },
        {
          "text": "406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 76"
        },
        {
          "text": "480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Collected Works 122.44"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god, goddess demigod",
        "guardian spirit (Latin genius), and so one's fate, destiny, fortune"
      ],
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        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "demigod",
          "demigod"
        ],
        [
          "genius",
          "genius#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.222"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.420"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 6.172"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.196"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god, goddess demigod"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "goddess",
          "goddess"
        ],
        [
          "demigod",
          "demigod"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 121"
        },
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Works and Days 312"
        },
        {
          "text": "472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 620"
        },
        {
          "text": "438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 1003"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "departed soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "departed",
          "departed"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek ecclesiastical terms",
        "grc:Bible"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "New Testament, Gospel of Matthew 8:31"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "demon, evil spirit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ecclesiastical, biblical) demon, evil spirit"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "ecclesiastical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dǎi̯.mɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛ.mon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðe.mon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dǎi̯.mɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛ.mon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðɛ.mon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðe.mon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈðe.mon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "δαίμων"
}

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