δαίμων, ονος,
vocative δαίμων [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1480 (Lyric poetry), δαῖμον 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], ὁ, ἡ, god, goddess, of individual gods or goddesses, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.222, 3.420, etc.; δαίμονι ἶσος 5.438 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμίσγετο δαίμονι δαίμων, of Φιλίη and Νεῖκος, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 59.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—but more frequently of the Divine power (while θεός denotes a God in person), the Deity,[[compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.27 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς δαίμονα against the Divine power, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.98; σὺν δαίμονι by its grace, 11.792 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ δαίμονα, almost, ={τύχῃ}, by chance, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.111; τύχᾳ δαίμονος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄμαχος δ., i. e. Destiny, [[ 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 15.23: in _plural_, ὅτι δαίμονες θέλωσιν,] Refs 5th c.BC+] what the Gods ordain, [[ [prev. author] 16.117; ταῦτα δ᾽ ἐν τῷ δ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1443; ἡ τύχη καὶ ὁ δ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.63, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.111; κατὰ δαίμονα καὶ συντυχίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 544. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 the power controlling the destiny of individuals: hence, one's lot or forlune, δτυγερὸς δέ οἱ ἔχραε δ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.396, compare 10.64; δαίμονος αἶσα κακή 11.61 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δαίμονα δώσω I will deal thee fate, i.e. kill thee, [[I 1.8.166 ] Refs]; frequently in Trag. of good or ill fortune, ὅταν ὁ δ. εὐροῇ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 601; δ. ἀσινής [prev. author] “Ag.” 1342 (Lyric poetry); κοινός [prev. author] “Th.” 812; γενναῖος πλὴν τοῦ δαίμονος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 76; δαίμονος σκληρότης 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.4; τὸν οἴακα στρέφει δ. ἑκάστῳ 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 4.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; personified as the good or evil genius of a family or person, δ. τῷπλεισθενιδῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1569, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1194 (Lyric poetry); ὁ ἑκάστου δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 107d, compare “PMag.Lond.” 121.505, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 9.1; ὁ δ. ὁ τὴν ἡμετέραν μοῖραν λελογχώς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.78; ἅπαντι δ. ἀνδρι συμπαρίσταται εὐθὺς γενομένῳ μυσταγωγὸς τοῦ βίου 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 16.2 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; δ. ἀλάστορες [prev. author] 8D.; ὁ μέγας [τοῦ Καίσαρος] δ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 69; ὁ σὸς δ. κακός [prev. passage]; ὁ βασιλέως δ. [prev. author] “Art.” 15; ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δ. 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 119; Ξενοκράτης φησὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑκάστου εἶναι δ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 112a37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]