— daemonic /di mon"ik/ , daemonistic /dee'meuh nis"tik/ , adj.
/dee"meuhn/ , n.
1. Class. Myth.
a. a god.
b. a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
2. a demon.
Also, daimon .
[ daemon a spirit, an evil spirit daímon a deity, fate, fortune; cf. daíesthai to distribute ]