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daimonian

UK/daɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/US/daɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/

daimonian noun: a daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.

Noun

daimonian (plural daimonians)

  1. A daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.
    • Draw nigh them daimonian! Why so fearest the Argives?1906, George Robert Stow Mead, Thrice-Greatest Hermes Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Ghosis Being a Translation of the Extant Sermons and Fragments of the Trismegistic Literature, with...
    • It is because Plato describes the role of the daimonian as being only that of warning that Kierkegaard prefers Plato's representation of Socrates to that of Xenophon, who through lack of thought, “in his wisdom thought that if the daimonian warned, then it surely must prompt as well".2009, Robert L. Perkins, The Moment and Late Writings, →ISBN, page 92

Forms of daimonian

pluraldaimonians
alternative formdaimonion

Origin of daimonian

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “of a demon”).

Words that rhyme with daimonian

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Questions about daimonian

What does daimonian mean?
Daimonian means a daimon, especially that which inspired or warned Socrates.
What part of speech is daimonian?
Daimonian is a noun.
How do you pronounce daimonian?
Daimonian is pronounced /daɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of daimonian?
The plural of daimonian is daimonians.

Words near daimonian in the dictionary

  1. Daimler
  2. Daimlers
  3. daimon
  4. daimones
  5. daimonia
  6. daimonian
  7. daimonians
  8. daimonic
  9. daimonion
  10. daimonistic
  11. daimonologies

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