The corpus record

κᾰκοδαιμον-ία

kakodaimonia · ἡ

unhappiness, misfortune

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Where it lives

Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Discourses 5 · 0.67/10k
Memorabilia 2 · 0.56/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

unhappiness, misfortune

unhappiness, misfortune, opp. εὐδαιμονία, Hdt. 1.87, Antipho 5.79, X. Mem. 1.6.3, Arist. Po. 1450a17, Phld. Rh. 1.220 S., etc.

II possession by an evil spirit

possession by an evil spirit, Ar. Pl. 501, X. Mem. 2.3.19, D. 2.20.

In the wild

κακοδαιμονίας · kakodaimonias Aristotle, Ars Poetica 6
κακοδαιμονίαν · kakodaimonian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3938)
κακοδαιμονίαν · kakodaimonian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6118)
κακοδαιμονίαν · kakodaimonian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6107)
κακοδαιμονίαν · kakodaimonian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6164)
κακοδαιμονίας · kakodaimonias Epictetus, Discourses 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2930)

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