to be tormented by an evil genius, possessed by an evil spirit
to be tormented by an evil genius, possessed by an evil spirit, Ar. Pl. 372, X. Mem. 2.1.5, D. 8.16 (-οῦσι codd.), Din. 1.91, v.l. for sq. in M.Ant. 2.8.
The corpus record
κᾰκοδαιμον-άω
kakodaimonao
to be tormented by an evil genius, possessed by an evil spirit
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Where it lives
- Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
- Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
- Discourses 5 · 0.67/10k
- Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
- Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- κακοδαιμονήσοντος · kakodaimonēsontos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3937)
- κακοδαιμονοῦσι · kakodaimonousi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5203)
- κακοδαιμονεῖς · kakodaimoneis Epictetus, Discourses 1.25 (DIORISIS sentence 1316)
- κακοδαιμονεῖν · kakodaimonein Epictetus, Discourses 2.23 (DIORISIS sentence 3538)
- κακοδαιμονῇ · kakodaimonēi Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5848)
- κακοδαιμονοῦντας · kakodaimonountas Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5845)
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Where it came from
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