δαιμονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δαίμων (daímōn) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dai̯.mo.ni.kós/ → /ðɛ.mo.niˈkos/ → /ðe.mo.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dai̯.mo.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛ.mo.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛ.mo.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðe.mo.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðe.mo.niˈkos/

Adjective

δαιμονῐκός • (daimonĭkós) m (feminine δαιμονῐκή, neuter δαιμονῐκόν); first/second declension

1. possessed or sent by a daimon

Declension

First and second declension of δαιμονῐκός; δαιμονῐκή; δαιμονῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δαιμονῐκός daimonĭkós	δαιμονῐκή daimonĭkḗ	δαιμονῐκόν daimonĭkón		δαιμονῐκώ daimonĭkṓ	δαιμονῐκᾱ́ daimonĭkā́	δαιμονῐκώ daimonĭkṓ		δαιμονῐκοί daimonĭkoí	δαιμονῐκαί daimonĭkaí	δαιμονῐκᾰ́ daimonĭkắ
Genitive		δαιμονῐκοῦ daimonĭkoû	δαιμονῐκῆς daimonĭkês	δαιμονῐκοῦ daimonĭkoû		δαιμονῐκοῖν daimonĭkoîn	δαιμονῐκαῖν daimonĭkaîn	δαιμονῐκοῖν daimonĭkoîn		δαιμονῐκῶν daimonĭkôn	δαιμονῐκῶν daimonĭkôn	δαιμονῐκῶν daimonĭkôn
Dative		δαιμονῐκῷ daimonĭkôi	δαιμονῐκῇ daimonĭkêi	δαιμονῐκῷ daimonĭkôi		δαιμονῐκοῖν daimonĭkoîn	δαιμονῐκαῖν daimonĭkaîn	δαιμονῐκοῖν daimonĭkoîn		δαιμονῐκοῖς daimonĭkoîs	δαιμονῐκαῖς daimonĭkaîs	δαιμονῐκοῖς daimonĭkoîs
Accusative		δαιμονῐκόν daimonĭkón	δαιμονῐκήν daimonĭkḗn	δαιμονῐκόν daimonĭkón		δαιμονῐκώ daimonĭkṓ	δαιμονῐκᾱ́ daimonĭkā́	δαιμονῐκώ daimonĭkṓ		δαιμονῐκούς daimonĭkoús	δαιμονῐκᾱ́ς daimonĭkā́s	δαιμονῐκᾰ́ daimonĭkắ
Vocative		δαιμονῐκέ daimonĭké	δαιμονῐκή daimonĭkḗ	δαιμονῐκόν daimonĭkón		δαιμονῐκώ daimonĭkṓ	δαιμονῐκᾱ́ daimonĭkā́	δαιμονῐκώ daimonĭkṓ		δαιμονῐκοί daimonĭkoí	δαιμονῐκαί daimonĭkaí	δαιμονῐκᾰ́ daimonĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δαιμονῐκῶς daimonĭkôs				δαιμονῐκώτερος daimonĭkṓteros				δαιμονῐκώτᾰτος daimonĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• δαιμονιακός (daimoniakós)

Descendants

• → Latin: daemonicus
  • → English: demonic
  • → Italian: demonico
  • → Portuguese: demônico
  • → Romanian: demonic

Further reading

• δαιμονικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαιμονικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δαιμονικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “δαιμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press