e/Cacodemon

New Query

Information
has glosseng: A cacodemon (or cacodaemon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon. The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel. The word cacodemon comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaimōn) meaning an evil spirit, whereas daimon would be a neutral spirit in Greek and Tychodaimon would be a good spirit. In psychology, cacodemonia (or cacodemomania) is a form of insanity in which the patient believes that they are possessed by an evil spirit. The first known occurrence of the word cacodemon dates to 1398. In Shakespeare's Richard III Act 1 Scene 3.Queen Margaret calls Richard a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations.
lexicalizationeng: Cacodemon
instance ofe/Demon
Meaning
Czech
has glossces: Cacodémon nebo také Cacodemon (původem z řeckého kakodaimon) je zlý duch nebo démon. Protikladem k němu je agathodaemon nebo eudaemon čili hodný duch (či démon; démon má v řečtině neutrální zabarvení). Samotný výraz se objevil však až v 16. století.
lexicalizationces: Cacodemon
lexicalizationces: Cacodémon
French
has glossfra: Cacodémon, terme dorigine grecque, désignant un mauvais démon. Ce terme, dont la racine caco de ce mot se trouve également dans cacophonie, ne se trouve plus dans les dictionnaire modernes. En Normandie, on dit/disait malécauntaunt
lexicalizationfra: Cacodemon
lexicalizationfra: cacodémon
Japanese
has glossjpn: カコダイモーン(希 カコダイモーン、羅:cacodaemon 、英:cacodemon )とはギリシア語で悪しき霊( 「悪しき」 + 「霊」)を意味する語である。対義語の「アガトダイモーン」または「エウダイモーン」は善なる霊、すなわちユダヤ・キリスト教でいうところの(善)天使である。
lexicalizationjpn: カコダイモーン
Swedish
has glossswe: En kakodemon (från klassiska grekiskans κακοδαίμων, kakodaimōn, via latinet) är i den grekiska mytologin en ond ande eller demon i ordets sentida bemärkelse. Dit räknas bl.a. erinyerna.
lexicalizationswe: kakodemon
Media
media:imgTykhondaimon.jpg

Query

Word: (case sensitive)
Language: (ISO 639-3 code, e.g. "eng" for English)


Lexvo © 2008-2025 Gerard de Melo.   Contact   Legal Information / Imprint