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A good or benevolent spirit.See Also: eudaemonia, eudaemonic, eudaemonism
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Eudaemon — For the Greek concept of happiness, see Eudaimonia. In the 1st century BCE, the Arabian city Eudaemon (usually identified with the port of Aden) was a transshipping port in the Red Sea trade. The city and surrounding country were the Latin Arabia … Wikipedia
EUDAEMON — I. EUDAEMON Arabia Felix dicitur Pompon. Mela l. 2. II. EUDAEMON Pelusiota, Poeta Graecus, Libanii Rheroris aequalis, praeter ea quae ad artem Grammaticam, ac Rhetoricam pertinerent, varia poemata condidisse, ex Suida cognoscitur. III. EUDAEMON… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Eudaemon — Eudemon Eu*de mon, Eudaemon Eu*d[ae] mon, n. [Gr. e y^ well, good + ? one s demon.] A good angel. Southey … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eudaemon, S. (1) — 1S. Eudaemon, (24. Aug.), ein Martyrer mit 37 Genossen aus Philippopolis in Thracien, die auch in Verbindung mit Severus und Memnon vorkommen, deren aber das Mart. Rom. am 20. August gedenkt. – Das Griech. εὐδαίμων bedeutet glücklich, glückselig… … Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon
Eudaemon (2) — 2Eudaemon, (13. Febr.), wird in einem koptischen Heiligenverzeichnisse mit Bastaemon genannt. (II. 642.) … Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon
eudaemon — eu·dae·mon also eu·dai·mon or eu·de·mon (yo͞o dēʹmən) n. A good or benevolent spirit. * * * … Universalium
eudaemon — eu·daemon … English syllables
eudaemon — n. good spirit. ♦ eudemonic, a. causing happiness; pertaining to eudemonism. ♦ eudemonics, n. conduct based on eudemonism; art of being happy. ♦ eudemonism, n. philosophical theory that happiness is ultimate moral good and criterion … Dictionary of difficult words
eudaemon — noun a benevolent spirit • Syn: ↑eudemon, ↑good spirit • Ant: ↑cacodemon (for: ↑eudemon) • Derivationally related forms: ↑eudaemonic, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Andreas Eudaemon-Joannes — Andreas Eudaemon Joannes, né en 1566 à la Canée, Crête (Grèce) et décédé le 24 décembre 1625 à Rome (Italie), était un prêtre jésuite grec, philosophe, théologien et écrivain de renom. Biographie Andreas Eudaemon Joannes était issu de la famille… … Wikipédia en Français
