Asmodæus
English edit
Etymology edit
Ligated spelling of Latin Asmodaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσμοδαῖος (Asmodaîos), from Hebrew אשמדאי.
Proper noun edit
Asmodæus
- (mythology) Archaic spelling of Asmodeus.
- 1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, pages 20–21:
- But the truth was that one Admodæus (an evil spirit, sprung from the incestuous embraces of Naamah and Tubal‐Cain, and amorous of the bride,) had killed them all.