δαιμόνιον

daimonion

divine Power, Divinity

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 3
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Chapter 155 846a6–21

846a11
Chapter 160 846a33–37

846a36
Chapter 167 846b25–28

846b25
De Mundo 2
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Chapter 1 391a1–391b8

391a1
Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400b1
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book IV 1
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33

1122b21
Book VI 1
Chapter 7 1141a9–1141b22

1141b7
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1398a15
Book III 1
Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9

1419a9
On Divination in Sleep 1
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Chapter 2 463b12–464b18

463b14
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 1214a1–1214b5

1214a24
Metaphysics 1
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 8 1017b10–26

1017b12
Politics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 8 1321b4–1323a10

1322b31
On Sleep 1
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Chapter 1 453b11–455a3

453b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

δαιμόνιον, τό, A. divine Power, Divinity, Hdt. 5.87, E. Ba. 894 (lyr.), Isoc. 1.13, Pl. R. 382e, etc.; τὸ δαιμόνιον ἄρʼ ἢ θεὸς ἢ θεοῦ ἔργον Arist. Rh. 1398a15, cf. 1419a9; οἱ θεοὶ εἴσονται καὶ τὸ δ. D. 19.239; φοβεῖσθαι μή τι δ. πράγματʼ ἐλαύνῃ some fatality, Id. 9.54; τὰ τοῦ δ. the favours of fortune, Pl. Epin. 992d. II. inferior divine being, μεταξὺ θεοῦ τε καὶ θνητοῦ Id. Smp. 202e; καινὰ δ. εἰσφέρειν X. Mem. 1.1.2, Pl. Ap. 24c, cf. Vett. Val.67.5, etc.; applied to the ‘genius’ of Socrates, X. Mem. 1.1.2, Pl. Ap. 40a, Tht. 151a, Euthphr. 3b. 2. evil spirit, δ. φαῦλα Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.338, cf. LXXDe. 32.17, To. 3.8, Ev.Matt. 7.22, al., PMag.Lond. 1.46.120 (iv A. D.).

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