The corpus record

δαιμονάω

daimonao

to be under the power of a δαίμων, to suffer by a divine visitation

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

to be under the power of a δαίμων, to suffer by a divine visitation, to be possessed, to be mad

to be under the power of a δαίμων, to suffer by a divine visitation, δαιμονᾷ δόμος κακοῖς A. Ch. 566; δαιμονῶντες ἐν ἄτᾳ Id. Th. 1008 (lyr.): abs., to be possessed, to be mad, E. Ph. 888, X. Mem. 1.1.9, Plu. Marc. 20, etc.; δαιμονᾷς Men. 140.

In the wild

δαιμονᾷ · daimonai Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 565–566
δαιμονῶντες · daimonōntes Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 1007
δαιμόνιόν · daimonion Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
δαιμονῶντας · daimonōntas Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 514)
δαιμονᾶν · daimonan Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.9 (DIORISIS sentence 28)
δαιμονᾶν · daimonan Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.9 (DIORISIS sentence 29)

Where it came from

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