Δαιμόνιε

my good sir

Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] my dear sir.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δαιμόνιε· μακάριε.

Betacode

*daimo/nie: maka/rie.

Same entry in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.407, where the headword occurs. Headword and gloss alike (both single words in the Greek) are masculine singular vocatives, and were used as polite forms of address.