单词 | eudemon |
释义 | eudemoneudaemonn. 1. Astrology. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] > house cacodemon1639 eudemon1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Eudæmon, the Eleventh House of a Celestial Figure, so call'd by Astrologers, upon account of its good and prosperous Significations. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Eudæmon,..the 4th House of a Figure of the Heavens, so call’d on Account of its good and prosperous Significations, as Attainment of Hopes. 1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. 94 Eudemon, the good demon, the 11th house, so called because it is the source of as many good things as the 12th house is of evil. 2. A good angel; = agathodemon n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > genius > good genius bonus genius1538 eudemon1629 agathodemon1738 1629 H. Burton Babel No Bethel To H. Cholmley sig. **4 For the style..I tooke it to bee some Iesuites, some Eudemon's, or Cacodaemon's, or the like. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Eudæmon,..a good Genus or Spirit. a1843 R. Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 539 The simple appendage of a tail will cacodemonize the Eudæmon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1629 |
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