δαιμόνιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[divine power]], [[divinity]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.87</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>894</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>382e</span>, etc.; τὸ δαιμόνιον ἄρ' ἢ θεὸς ἢ θεοῦ ἔργον <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1398a15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1419a9</span>; οἱ θεοὶ εἴσονται καὶ τὸ δ. <span class="bibl">D.19.239</span>; φοβεῖσθαι μή τι δ. πράγματ' ἐλαύνῃ = some [[fatality]], <span class="bibl">Id.9.54</span>; [[τὰ τοῦ δαιμονίου]] = [[the favours of fortune]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>992d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[inferior divine being]], μεταξὺ θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>202e</span>; καινὰ δ. εἰσφέρειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ap.</span>24c</span>, cf. Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">67.5</span>, etc.; applied to the '[[genius]]' of [[Socrates]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>40a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span>151a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[evil spirit]], δ. φαῦλα <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.338</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">De.</span>32.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">To.</span>3.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>7.22</span>, al., <span class="title">PMag.Lond.</span>1.46.120 (iv A. D.).</span>