agathodaemon
ăgăthŏdaemon, ŏnis, m., = ἀγαθοδαίμων (good genius),
- a kind of serpent in Egypt to which healing power was ascribed, Coluber Aesculapii, Linn.; Lampr. Heliog. 28.
agathodaemōn, onis, Akk. Plur. onas, m. (ἀγαθοδαίμων), der wohltätige Genius, griech. Benennung der ägyptischen Heilschlange, der »Kneph- od. Knuphschlange«, Symbols der wohltätig wirkenden Götterkraft in der ägyptischen Mythologie, Lampr. Heliogr. 28, 3.
ăgăthŏdæmōn, ŏnis, m. (ἀγαθοδαίμων), bon génie : Lampr. Hel. 28, 3.
Agathodaemon
(ἀγαθοδαίμων). A friendly disposed spirit of the cornfields and vineyards, to whom libations of unmixed wine were made at meals. See daemon; eventus.