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|etymtx=-ονος<br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[godlike power]], [[god]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: Adj. [[δαιμόνιος]] <b class="b2">belonging to δ.</b> (Il.); on [[δαιμόνιε]] s. E. Brunius-Nilsson [[Δαιμόνιε]]. Diss. Uppsala 1955; n. [[δαιμόνιον]] [[godlike power]], "daimonion" (Ion.-Att.); [[δαιμονικός]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Plu.); [[δαιμονιακός]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (PMag. Osl. 1, 143); [[δαιμονιώδης]] <b class="b2">like a δ.</b> (Ep. Jac., Prokl.). - Rare and late [[δαιμονίς]] (Procl.) and [[δαιμόνισσα]] (PMag. Leid. W. 16, 48). - On [[δαιμονή]] (Alkm. 69?), s. Schwyzer 524. - Denomin. [[δαιμονάω]] <b class="b2">be possessed by a δ.</b> (A.), [[δαιμονιάω]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Phld.), <b class="b3">δαιμονητιᾳ̃ δαιμονίζεται</b>. [[Κρῆτες]] H., after verbs of disease in <b class="b3">-άω</b>, <b class="b3">-ιάω</b> and <b class="b3">-ητιάω</b> (Schwyzer 731f.); [[δαιμονίζομαι]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Philem.) with [[δαιμονισμός]] (Vett. Val.), [[become a god]] (S. Fr. 173, H.); [[δαιμονιάζομαι]] = [[δαιμονιάω]] (pap.). - Often as 2. member of compounds: bahuvrihi (<b class="b3">βαρυ-</b>, <b class="b3">δυσ-</b>); substantives (<b class="b3">ἀγαθο-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀνθρωπο-</b>).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [175] <b class="b2">*deh₂-(i-)</b> [[cut]], [[divide]]<br />Etymology: To [[δαίομαι]] (s. v.), as [[divider]] (cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 363); cf. OP <b class="b2">baga-</b>, OCS [[bogъ]] [[god]] beside Av. <b class="b2">baga-</b> [[part]], Skt. <b class="b2">bhága-</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>, to <b class="b2">bhájati</b> [[divide]]. Not prop. "Zerreißer, Fresser (der Leichen)" as god of death, which does not fit the meaning of [[δαίμων]]. - See Nilsson Gr. Rel.2 1, 216ff. On more recent developments s. Chantraine CRAI 1954, 452-5.