δαιμόνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=δαιμονία, δαιμόνιον: also [[δαιμόνιος]], δαιμόνιον A.''Th.''892, Lys.6.32, ''OGI''383.175 (Commagene):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or [[belong]]ing to a [[δαίμων]]: properly [[miraculous]], [[marvellous]], but:<br><span class="bld">I</span> in Hom. only in voc., [[δαιμόνιε]], [[δαιμονίη]], [[good sir]], or [[good lady]], addressed to chiefs or commoners, Il.2.190,200, al., Hes. ''Th.''655: pl., Od.4.774: especially in addressing strangers, 23.166,174; used by husbands and wives, Il.6.407,486 (Hector and Andromache), 24.194 (Priam to Hecuba): later c. gen., δαιμόνιε ἀνδρῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.126, 7.48, 8.84: freq. in Com., in an iron. sense, ὦ δαιμόνι' ἀνδρῶν Ar. ''Ec.''564,784, etc.; ὦ δαιμόνι' Id.''Ra.''44,175; ὦ δαιμόνι' ἀνθρώπων Id.''Av.''1638, cf. Pl.''R.''344d, 522b, ''Grg.''489d, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> from [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] and Pi. downwds. (Trag. in lyr.), [[heaven-sent]], [[miraculous]], [[marvellous]], [[βῶλαξ]] Pi.''P.''4.37; τέρας B.15.35, S.''Ant.''376; ὁρμή [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.18; [[ἀραί]], [[ἄχη]], A.''Th.''892, ''Pers.''581; ἡ [[φύσις]] [[δαιμονίᾳ]] ἀλλ' οὐ θεία Arist.''Div. Somn.''463b14; εὐεργεσία D.2.1; <b class="b3">εἰ μή τι δαιμόνιον εἴη</b> were it not a [[divine intervention]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.3.5, cf. S.''El.''1270; τὰ [[δαιμόνια]] = [[visitations of heaven]], [[ways of God]], Th.2.64, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.1.12; πολλαὶ μορφαὶ τῶν δ. E.''Alc.''1159, al.; δαιμονία [[ἀνάγκη]] Lys. [[l.c.]]; δαιμονία [[τύχη]] of [[ill fortune]], Pl.''Hp. Ma.''304b; <b class="b3">Ἄπολλον, ἔφη, δαιμονίας ὑπερβολῆς</b> ! Id.''R.''509c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, τῷ δαιμονίῳ ὡς [[ἀληθῶς]] καὶ θαυμαστῷ Id.''Smp.''219b; ὁ περὶ τοιαῦτα σοφὸς δαιμόνιος [[ἀνήρ]] ib.203a; δαιμόνιος τὴν [[σοφία]]ν Luc.''Philops.''32: Comp. δαιμονιώτερος D.C.53.8.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[δαιμονίως]] = [[by divine power]], opp. [[ἀνθρωπίνως]], Aeschin.3.133, cf.Pl.''Ti.''25e; [[marvellously]], Ar.''Nu.''76; δ. περί τι ἐσπουδακώς Aeschin.1.41; <b class="b3">δαιμονίως ποιεῖ</b>, of remedies, Aët.15.14, al.; [οἶνος] δ. γέρων Alex.167.5; δαιμονίως καὶ [[μεγαλοπρεπῶς]] prob. in Epicur.''Fr.'' 183 (cf. [[δάϊος]]): neuter plural as adverb, δαιμόνια Ar.''Pax''585; δαιμονιώτατα ἀποθνῄσκει [[most clearly by the hand of the gods]], X.''HG''7.4.3: also in fem. dat., [[δαιμονίᾳ]], formed like [[κοινῇ]], [[θεσπεσίῃ]], etc., Pi.''O.''9.110.