δαιμόνιον: Difference between revisions

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