daemonium

daemonium

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-der.
Ancient Greek δαίομαι (daíomai)
Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
Ancient Greek δαιμόνῐος (daimónĭos)
Ancient Greek δαιμόνῐον (daimónĭon)bor.
Latin daemonium

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαιμόνῐον (daimónĭon).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    daemonium n (genitive daemoniī or daemonī); second declension

    1. demon (lesser, especially evil, spirit)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative daemonium daemonia
    genitive daemoniī
    daemonī1     		daemoniōrum
    dative daemoniō daemoniīs
    accusative daemonium daemonia
    ablative daemoniō daemoniīs
    vocative daemonium daemonia

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Noun

    daemonium

    1. genitive plural of daemon

    Descendants

    • → Asturian: demoniu
    • → Catalan: dimoni
    • → Istriot: damognio (semi-learned)
    • → Italian: demonio
    • → Occitan: demòni
    • → Old Galician-Portuguese: demonio
    • → Spanish: demonio

    References

    • “daemonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “daemonium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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