The corpus record

δαιμόνιον

daimonion · τό

divine Power, Divinity

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Where it lives

Apology 4 · 20/10k
Theages 6 · 17.27/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 7 · 13.33/10k
Luke 23 · 11.93/10k
Mark 13 · 11.81/10k
Apology 8 · 9.16/10k
De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
Baruch 2 · 7.91/10k
1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Matthew 11 · 6.13/10k
1 Corinthians 4 · 5.92/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k

Densest 12 of 53 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

divine Power, Divinity, fatality, fortune

divine Power, Divinity, Hdt. 5.87, E. Ba. 894 (lyr.), Isoc. 1.13, Pl. R. 382e, etc.; τὸ δαιμόνιον ἄρʼ ἢ θεὸς ἢ θεοῦ ἔργον Arist. Rh. 1398a15, cf. 1419a9; οἱ θεοὶ εἴσονται καὶ τὸ δ. D. 19.239; φοβεῖσθαι μή τι δ. πράγματʼ ἐλαύνῃ some fatality, Id. 9.54; τὰ τοῦ δ. the favours of fortune, Pl. Epin. 992d.

II inferior divine being, ‘genius’

inferior divine being, μεταξὺ θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ Id. Smp. 202e; καινὰ δ. εἰσφέρειν X. Mem. 1.1.2, Pl. Ap. 24c, cf. Vett.Val. 67.5, etc.; applied to the ‘genius’ of Socrates, X. Mem. 1.1.2, Pl. Ap. 40a, Tht. 151a, Euthphr. 3b.

2 evil spirit

evil spirit, δ. φαῦλα Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.338, cf. LXX De. 32.17, To. 3.8, Ev.Matt. 7.22, al., PMag.Lond. 1.46.120 (iv A. D.).

In the wild

δαιμονίων · daimoniōn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 100
δαιμόνια · daimonia Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 16)
δαιμόνιον · daimonion Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 164)
δαιμόνιον · daimonion Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 1)
δαιμόνιον · daimonion Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 1)
δαιμονίου · daimoniou Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1

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Where it came from

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