| 释义 |
eudemon, -dæmon|juːˈdiːmən|
[a. Gr. εὐδαίµων fortunate, happy, f. εὐ- (see eu-) + δαίµων guardian, genius. Sense 2 is of mod. origin, and not according to Gr. idiom.]
1. Astrol. (See quot.)
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Eudæmon, the Eleventh House of a Celestial Figure, so call'd by Astrologers, upon account of its good and prosperous Significations. 1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1819J. Wilson 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.
1629H. Burton Babel no Bethel Ep. to Cholmley 1 For the style..I tooke it to bee some Iesuites, some Eudemon's, or Cacodaemon's, or the like. 1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1834–43Southey Doctor (1848) 672/1 The simple appendage of a tail will cacodemonise the Eudæmon. |