daemonium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /dae̯ˈmo.ni.um/, [d̪äe̯ˈmɔniʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmo.ni.um/, [d̪eˈmɔːnium]

Noun

daemonium n (genitive daemoniī or daemonī); second declension

demon (lesser, especially evil, spirit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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

genitive plural of daemon

Descendants

Asturian: demoniu
Catalan: dimoni
French: démon
Galician: demoño
Istriot: damognio
Italian: demonio
Occitan: demòni
Portuguese: demónio, demônio; demonho; 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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