daimon
noun/ˈdʌɪməʊn/UK/ˈdaɪˌmoʊn/US
Etymology
A modern romanization of Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “the one who divides, dispenser, tutelary deity”), intended to distinguish its ancient Greek sense from later conceptions of demons. Compare Ancient Greek Λᾰκεδαίμων (Lăkedaímōn, “Laconian dispenser”).
- borrowed from δαίμων
Definitions
Synonym of demon, particularly as
- Love, as we know it in the book, is a daimon which possesses and undoes each of its victims.
The neighborhood
- neighboragathodaimon
- neighbordaimonian
- neighboreudaimon
- neighborkakodaimon
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for daimon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA