δαιμόνιος
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English (LSJ)
α, ον: also ος, ον A.Th.892, Lys.6.32, OGI383.175 (Commagene):—
A of or belonging to a δαίμων: properly miraculous, marvellous, but: I in Hom. only in voc., δαιμόνιε, -ίη, good sir, or lady, addressed to chiefs or commoners, Il.2.190,200, al., Hes. Th.655: pl., Od.4.774: esp. 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 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. II from Hdt. and Pi. downwds. (Trag. in lyr.), heaven-sent, miraculous, marvellous, βῶλαξ Pi.P.4.37; τέρας B.15.35, S.Ant.376; ὁρμή Hdt.7.18; ἀραί, ἄχη, A.Th.892, Pers.581; ἡ φύσις δ. ἀλλ' οὐ θεία Arist.Div. Somn.463b14; εὐεργεσία D.2.1; εἰ μή τι δ. εἴη were it not a divine intervention, X.Mem.1.3.5, cf. S.El.1270; τὰ δαιμόνια visitations of heaven, ways of God, Th.2.64, X.Mem.1.1.12; πολλαὶ μορφαὶ τῶν δ. E.Alc.1159, al.; δ. ἀνάγκη Lys. l.c.; δ. τύχη of ill fortune, Pl.Hp. Ma.304b; Ἄπολλον, ἔφη, δαιμονίας ὑπερβολῆς ! Id.R.509c. 2 of persons, τῷ δ. ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ θαυμαστῷ Id.Smp.219b; ὁ περὶ τοιαῦτα σοφὸς δ. ἀνήρ ib.203a; δαιμόνιος τὴν σοφίαν Luc.Philops.32: Comp. -ώτερος D.C.53.8. III Adv. -ίως by Divine power, opp. ἀνθρωπίνως, Aeschin.3.133, cf.Pl.Ti.25e; marvellously, Ar.Nu.76; δ. περί τι ἐσπουδακώς Aeschin.1.41; δ. ποιεῖ, of remedies, Aët.15.14, al.; [οἶνος] δ. γέρων Alex.167.5; δ. καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς prob. in Epicur.Fr. 183 (cf. δάϊος): neut. pl. as Adv., δαιμόνια Ar.Pax585; δαιμονιώτατα ἀποθνῄσκει most clearly by the hand of the gods, X.HG7.4.3: also in fem. dat., δαιμονίᾳ, formed like κοινῇ, θεσπεσίῃ, etc., Pi.O.9.110.
