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δαιμόνιος

of or belonging to a δαίμων:
I.voc. δαιμόνιε, δαιμονίη, mostly in the way of reproach, thou luckless wight! thou wretch! sirrah! madam! Il.;—more rarely by way of admiration, noble sir! excellent man! id=Il., Hes.; also by way of pity, poor wretch! so in Hdt., δαιμόνιε ἀνδρῶν; also in an iron. sense, my good fellow! good sir! δαιμόνι᾽ ἀνδρῶν, δαιμόνι᾽, δαιμόνι᾽ ἀνθρώπων Ar., Plat.
II.anything proceeding from the Deity, heaven-sent, divine, miraculous, Hdt., attic; εἰ μή τι δαιμόνιον εἴη were it not a divine intervention, Xen.; τὰ δαιμόνια visitations of Heaven, Thuc.
2.of persons, divine, excellent, Plat.
III.adv. -ως, by Divine power, marvellously, Ar.:—so neut. pl. δαιμόνια id=Ar., Xen.; δαιμονιώτατα most clearly by the hand of the gods, id=Xen.

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