Plural of daemon

Forms of daemon

Plural of daemon by meaning

1. a minor deity or divinity.: daemons or daemones
2. a process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.: daemons

Daemons and daemones in a sentence

• Many of the postmaster functions are actually handled by computer software such as dragons and mailer daemons.2018, J. K. Petersen, Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary. From the entry dragon
• The bedroom, dreamroom of the house, becomes awake when we sleep and fills with ancestors, daemons, animals, unspeakable acts, unknown creatures, and other fears not admitted to conscious life.1994, Sardello, Robert J, Facing the World with Soul, HarperPerennial, page 38. From the entry dream room
• Similarly, the daemones that served or hindered the theurgist were derived from both philosophic doctrine and magical lore.1989, Abstracts, American Philological Association, page 146. From the entry daemones
• In that early medieval Europe sustained a powerful belief in angels, it is true to say that the old good daemones were to some extent rescued in this form.1991, Valerie I[rene] J[ane] Flint, The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 157. From the entry daemones
• But the Greek daemones had been tutelary: Socrates’ had been a good spirit, careful to admonish him in accordance with the dictates of wisdom and virtue.1965, Robert Rentoul Reed, Jr., The Occult on the Tudor and Stuart Stage, The Christopher Publishing House, →LCCN, page 70. From the entry daemones

Meaning of daemon

1. noun A minor deity or divinity.
2. noun A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
3. noun An idea depicted as an entity.

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Questions about the plural of daemon

What is the plural of daemon?

The plural of daemon is daemons or daemones.

Which is correct, daemons or daemones?

Both are used. daemons is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is daemon countable?

Daemon is a countable noun.