Demogorgon英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A manufactured horror; a Frankenstein's monster.

专有名词

A pagan god or demon, associated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name was taboo.

— […] and by them ſtood / Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name / of Demogorgon […]

Survival of the Pagan Gods

词形变化

Demogorgons plural

词源

词源 1

Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, most likely actually invented by a Christian scholar c. 350–400 C.E. The origins of the name are uncertain, partly because the figure itself was possibly of imaginary coinage. Various theories suggest that the name is derived from the Greek words daemon (“spirit”, given the Christian connotations of “demon” in the early Middle Ages)—or, less likely demos (“people”)—and Gorgon or γοργός (gorgós, “grim”). A less accepted theory claims that it is derived from a variation of “demiurge”.

词源 2

Pseudo-loan from Ancient Greek, most likely actually invented by a Christian scholar c. 350–400 C.E. The origins of the name are uncertain, partly because the figure itself was possibly of imaginary coinage. Various theories suggest that the name is derived from the Greek words daemon (“spirit”, given the Christian connotations of “demon” in the early Middle Ages)—or, less likely demos (“people”)—and Gorgon or γοργός (gorgós, “grim”). A less accepted theory claims that it is derived from a variation of “demiurge”.