daemon

See also: Dämon and dæmon

English

Alternative forms

dæmon, demon

Etymology 1

From Latin daemon (“genius, lar, guardian spirit”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːmən/
Rhymes: -iːmən
Hyphenation: dae‧mon

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

(uncommon) Alternative form of demon.

Derived terms

daemonic

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiːmən/ or IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪmən/
Rhymes: -iːmən or Rhymes: -eɪmən
Hyphenation: dae‧mon

Noun

daemon (plural daemons)

(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.

Usage notes

(Unix): Often a daemon will be a server.

Translations

computing: a process that does not have a controlling terminal

Finnish: taustaprosessi, daemoni
French: démon (fr) m (ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995)
German: Hintergrundprogramm n
Greek: δαίμων (el) m (daímon), δαίμονας (el) m (daímonas)
Irish: daeman m

Japanese: デーモン (dēmon)
Russian: де́мон (ru) m (démon)
Spanish: demonio (es) m
Swedish: demon (sv) c
Turkish: artalan süreci (tr)

Anagrams

Modane, Modena, moaned, modena, nomade

Japanese

Romanization

daemon

Rōmaji transcription of ダエモン

Latin

Alternative forms

demon (Medieval)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “dispenser, god, protective spirit”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdae̯.mon/, [ˈdae̯.mõ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.mon/, [ˈdɛː.mon]

Noun

daemon m (genitive daemōnis); third declension

a genius loci, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place or household
(astrology) the 11th of the 12 signs of the zodiac
(ecclesiastical) a demon

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	daemon	daemōnēs
genitive	daemōnis	daemōnium
dative	daemōnī	daemōnibus
accusative	daemōnem	daemōnēs
ablative	daemōne	daemōnibus
vocative	daemon	daemōnēs

Derived terms

daemonicus

Related terms

daemonium
cacodemon
calodemon

Descendants

Aromanian: demun
English: daemon, demon
German: Dämon
Irish: deamhan
Portuguese: demo
Translingual: Felis daemon

References

daemon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
daemon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
daemon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
daemon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
daemon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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