"daemon" meaning in Latin

See daemon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdae̯.moːn/ [Classical], [ˈd̪äe̯moːn] [Classical], /ˈde.mon/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪ɛːmon] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|δαίμων||dispenser, god, protective spirit}} Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”) Head templates: {{la-noun|daemōn/daemon<3.-I>|g=m}} daemōn m (genitive daemonis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|daemōn/daemon<3.-I>|acc_pl=daemonēs/daemonas|acc_sg=daemonem/daemona}} Forms: daemōn [canonical, masculine], daemonis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], daemōn [nominative, singular], daemonēs [nominative, plural], daemonis [genitive, singular], daemonum [genitive, plural], daemonī [dative, singular], daemonibus [dative, plural], daemonem [accusative, singular], daemona [accusative, singular], daemonēs [accusative, plural], daemonas [accusative, plural], daemone [ablative, singular], daemonibus [ablative, plural], daemōn [singular, vocative], daemonēs [plural, vocative]
  1. a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-daemon-la-noun-XwD3~Iii Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 44 23 33
  2. (astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-daemon-la-noun-QGsB61Fb Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a demon Tags: Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-daemon-la-noun-zE-CNf7u Categories (other): Ecclesiastical Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 31 25 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: demon [Medieval-Latin] Derived forms: daemonicus Related terms: daemonium, cacodemon, calodemon

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ German: Dämon",
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        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
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        "Classical"
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      "ipa": "/ˈde.mon/",
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        "ablative",
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          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "sign",
          "astrological sign"
        ],
        [
          "zodiac",
          "zodiac"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ecclesiastical Latin",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "1633, Johannes de Laet, Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642",
          "text": "[…] 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a demon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demon",
          "demon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ecclesiastical Latin) a demon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ecclesiastical",
        "Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdae̯.moːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪äe̯moːn]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈde.mon/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ɛːmon]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "demon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "daemon"
}

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