daimon

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdʌɪməʊn/    美 /ˈdaɪˌmoʊn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of demon, particularly as
    — Love, as we know it in the book, is a daimon which possesses and undoes each of its victims.
  2. Synonym of demon, particularly as; A tutelary deity or spirit that watches over a person or place. Greek
    — All at once, my daimōn—that other Me over whom I button my waistcoat when I button it over my own person—put it into my head to look up the story of Madame Saqui.

词形变化

daimons plural daimones plural

词汇关系

衍生词
daimonic daimonology
相关词
agathodaimon daimonian eudaimon kakodaimon

词源

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”).
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