Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:03:03 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Seal <patseal@hyperhost.net> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Pronunciation of "daemon" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902101602270.18973-100000@foobar.hyperhost.net> In-Reply-To: <36C1F005.EA3E420E@seattleu.edu>
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wrong one (I feel silly)
Daemon \D[ae]"mon\, n., Daemonic \D[ae]*mon"ic\, a. See {Demon},
{Demonic}.
Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr.
Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or
immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan
mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between the divine and the
human. --Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of
Socrates. [Often written d[ae]mon.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Eric Hodel wrote:
> Just how exactly do you pronounce "daemon?" Is it day-mon or
> dee-mon? (Or something else entirely?)
>
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