daemonicus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-y(eti)

Proto-Indo-European *-y(éti)

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-der.

Ancient Greek δαίομαι (daíomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ

Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)

Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek δαιμονικός (daimonikós)bor.

Latin daemonicus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαιμονικός (daimonikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dae̯ˈmɔ.nɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈmɔː.ni.kus]

Adjective

daemonicus (feminine daemonica, neuter daemonicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. demonic, devilish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	daemonicus	daemonica	daemonicum		daemonicī	daemonicae	daemonica
genitive	daemonicī	daemonicae	daemonicī		daemonicōrum	daemonicārum	daemonicōrum
dative	daemonicō	daemonicae	daemonicō		daemonicīs
accusative	daemonicum	daemonicam	daemonicum		daemonicōs	daemonicās	daemonica
ablative	daemonicō	daemonicā	daemonicō		daemonicīs
vocative	daemonice	daemonica	daemonicum		daemonicī	daemonicae	daemonica

Descendants

• → English: demonic
• → Italian: demonico
• → Portuguese: demônico
• → Romanian: demonic

References

• “daemonicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “daemonicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.