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Headword: Δαιμονᾶν
Adler number: delta,114
Translated headword: To be demon-possessed
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
To be held by a demon, and to be mad.
Also daimonêsas ["being demon-possessed"]. "He departed from life when demon-possessed, through the occurrence of certain symptoms of the demonic, through transgression concerning the shrine."[1]
Greek Original:
Δαιμονᾶν: ὑπὸ δαίμονος κατέχεσθαι, καὶ μαίνεσθαι. καὶ Δαιμονήσας. ὁ δὲ ἐξέλιπε τὸν βίον δαιμονήσας, διὰ τὸ γενέσθαι τινὰς ἐπισημασίας τοῦ δαιμονίου διὰ τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν παρανομίαν.
Note:
[1] Polybius 31.9.3-4, on King Antiochis IV Epiphanes.
Keywords: biography; definition; historiography; history; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 21 July 2002@23:45:18.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 4 September 2002@06:51:38.
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