δαιμόνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter gender of δαιμόνῐος (daimónios, “extraordinary, divine; pertaining to daimones”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dai̯.mó.ni.on/ → /ðɛˈmo.ni.on/ → /ðeˈmo.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dai̯.mó.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dɛˈmo.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðɛˈmo.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðeˈmo.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðeˈmo.ni.on/

Noun

δαιμόνῐον • (daimónion) n (genitive δαιμονῐ́ου); second declension

1. the divine Power, the Deity, the Divinity
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.87
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 2.23.8, (compare 3.18.2)
   • 343 BCE, Demosthenes, On the False Embassy 239
   • 341 BCE, Demosthenes, Third Philippic 54
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Epinomis 992D
2. an inferior divine being, demon
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 202E
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.2
   • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 24B
   1. the name by which Socrates calls his genius, or the spirit that dwelt within him
      • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.2
      • 400 BCE – 387 BCE, Plato, Apology 40A
      • 366 BCE – 348 BCE, Plato, Theaetetus 151A
      • 380 BCE, Plato, Euthydemus 272E
   2. a demon, evil spirit

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ δαιμόνῐον; τοῦ δαιμονῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δαιμόνῐον tò daimónion	τὼ δαιμονῐ́ω tṑ daimoníō	τᾰ̀ δαιμόνῐᾰ tà daimónia
Genitive	τοῦ δαιμονῐ́ου toû daimoníou	τοῖν δαιμονῐ́οιν toîn daimoníoin	τῶν δαιμονῐ́ων tôn daimoníōn
Dative	τῷ δαιμονῐ́ῳ tôi daimoníōi	τοῖν δαιμονῐ́οιν toîn daimoníoin	τοῖς δαιμονῐ́οις toîs daimoníois
Accusative	τὸ δαιμόνῐον tò daimónion	τὼ δαιμονῐ́ω tṑ daimoníō	τᾰ̀ δαιμόνῐᾰ tà daimónia
Vocative	δαιμόνῐον daimónion	δαιμονῐ́ω daimoníō	δαιμόνῐᾰ daimónia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ (daimonion), ⲇⲉⲙⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ (demonion), ⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ (daimōnion)
• → Latin: daemonium

References

• “δαιμόνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαιμόνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δαιμόνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαιμόνιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1140 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • deity idem, page 206.
  • demon idem, page 209.
  • familiar idem, page 305.
  • genius idem, page 357.