daemonium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dae̯ˈmo.ni.um/, [d̪äe̯ˈmɔniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmo.ni.um/, [d̪eˈmɔːnium]

Noun

daemonium n (genitive daemoniī or daemonī); second declension

1. demon (lesser, especially evil, spirit)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	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 (colloquial or regional); demonio (obsolete)
• 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.