daemonium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

daemonium n (genitive daemoniī or daemonī); second declension

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

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.