κακοδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of κᾰκός (kakós, “bad”) +‎ δαίμων (daímōn, “god, destiny”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.ko.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈdɛ.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈðɛ.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈðe.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.koˈðe.mon/

Adjective

κακοδαίμων • (kakodaímōn) m or f (neuter κακοδαῖμον); third declension

having or being possessed by an evil genius/spirit.
ill-starred, wretched
(substantive) an evil genius

Declension

Third declension of κᾰκοδαίμων; κᾰκοδαῖμον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κᾰκοδαίμων kakodaímōn	κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon	κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone	κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone	κᾰκοδαίμονες kakodaímones	κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona
Genitive	κᾰκοδαίμονος kakodaímonos	κᾰκοδαίμονος kakodaímonos	κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin	κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin	κᾰκοδαιμόνων kakodaimónōn	κᾰκοδαιμόνων kakodaimónōn
Dative	κᾰκοδαίμονῐ kakodaímoni	κᾰκοδαίμονῐ kakodaímoni	κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin	κᾰκοδαιμόνοιν kakodaimónoin	κᾰκοδαίμοσῐ / κᾰκοδαίμοσῐν kakodaímosi(n)	κᾰκοδαίμοσῐ / κᾰκοδαίμοσῐν kakodaímosi(n)
Accusative	κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona	κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon	κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone	κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone	κᾰκοδαίμονᾰς kakodaímonas	κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona
Vocative	κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon	κᾰκοδαῖμον kakodaîmon	κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone	κᾰκοδαίμονε kakodaímone	κᾰκοδαίμονες kakodaímones	κᾰκοδαίμονᾰ kakodaímona
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κᾰκοδαιμόνως kakodaimónōs		κᾰκοδαιμονέστερος kakodaimonésteros		κᾰκοδαιμονέστᾰτος kakodaimonéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

ἀγαθοδαίμων (agathodaímōn)