daemoniacus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαιμονιακός (daimoniakós); compare daemonicus (from Ancient Greek δαιμονικός (daimonikós)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dae̯.moˈni.a.kus/, [d̪äe̯mɔˈniäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.moˈni.a.kus/, [d̪emoˈniːäkus]

Adjective

daemoniacus (feminine daemoniaca, neuter daemoniacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. demonic, devilish

   Synonym: daemonicus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daemoniacus	daemoniaca	daemoniacum		daemoniacī	daemoniacae	daemoniaca
genitive	daemoniacī	daemoniacae	daemoniacī		daemoniacōrum	daemoniacārum	daemoniacōrum
dative	daemoniacō	daemoniacae	daemoniacō		daemoniacīs
accusative	daemoniacum	daemoniacam	daemoniacum		daemoniacōs	daemoniacās	daemoniaca
ablative	daemoniacō	daemoniacā	daemoniacō		daemoniacīs
vocative	daemoniace	daemoniaca	daemoniacum		daemoniacī	daemoniacae	daemoniaca

Descendants

• → Catalan: demoníac
• → Italian: demoniaco
• → Occitan: demoniac
• → Old French: demoniaque
  • English: demoniac
  • French: démoniaque
    • Romanian: demoniac
• → Portuguese: demoníaco
• → Spanish: demoníaco

References

• “daemoniacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• daemoniacus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• daemoniacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.