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Definition of Eudemon
1. Noun. A benevolent spirit.
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Guardian Angel, Guardian Spirit
Derivative terms: Eudaemonic, Eudemonic
Antonyms: Cacodemon
Definition of Eudemon
1. n. A good angel.
Definition of Eudemon
1. a good spirit [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eudemon
Literary usage of Eudemon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rabelais in His Writings by William Francis Smith (1918)
"eudemon is the accomplished page introduced in c. ... father of Charles V), and
thus eudemon may be intended as the youthful emperor, to whom was dedicated ..."
2. The History of Pedagogy by Gabriel Compayré (1885)
"eudemon, who. in Rabelais' romance, represents the pupil trained by the new methods,
... To all the pleasant things which eudemon says to him. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"Je 1'ouy une fois appellant eudemon depuis la porte Sainct Victor jusques a ...
I once heard him calling eudemon from the Porte Saint Victor to Montmartre. ..."
4. Thought and Expression in the Sixteenth Century by Henry Osborn Taylor (1920)
"Gargantua is forthwith turned over to the care of Pano- crates, the tutor of
eudemon, and sets forth in their company for Paris.4 There, when the young ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"While eudemon accordingly, “with his cap in hand, a clean and open countenance,
beautiful and ruddy lips, his eyes steady, with a youthful modesty, ..."
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