daemonium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dae̯ˈmɔ.ni.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈmɔː.ni.um]

Noun

daemonium n (genitive daemoniī or daemonī); second declension

1. demon (lesser, especially evil, spirit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

1. genitive plural of daemon

Descendants

• Asturian: demoniu
• Catalan: dimoni
• French: démon
• Galician: demoño
• Istriot: damognio
• Italian: demonio
• Occitan: demòni
• Portuguese: demónio, demônio (Brazil), demonho (dialectal), demonio (pre-reform spelling)
• 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.