Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“δαμάσω” AP6.329 (Leon.); Ep. “δαμάσσω” Il.22.176, also δαμᾷ, δαμάᾳ, 1.61, 22.271; 3pl. “δαμόωσι” 6.368 (v. δαμάω): aor. 1 “ἐδάμα^σα” Pi.N.7.90 (part. “δαμάσσαις” O.9.92), Ep. ἐδάμασσα, δάμασσα, Il.5.191, Od.14.367: pf. “δεδάμακα” Stob. Flor.Monac.82:—Med., fut. Ep. “δαμάσσομαι” Il.21.226: aor. ἐδαμάσσατο, δαμάσαντο, δαμασσάμενος, Od.9.516, Il.10.210, Od.9.454; aor. 1 opt. “δαμάσαιτο” Leg.Gort.2.11: aor. 2 opt. “δάμοιτο” CIG4000.18 (Iconium):—Pass., fut. 3 “δεδμήσομαι” h.Ap.543; irreg. “δαμοῦμαι” PMag.Par.1.2906: aor. “ἐδαμάσθην” Od.8.231, Pi.O.2.20, A.Pers. 279 (lyr.), E.Ph.563; Ep. “δαμάσθην” Il.19.9, cf. 16.816; ἐδμήθην, imper. “δμηθήτω” 9.158, “δμηθείς” 4.99, Hes.Th.1000, Dor. “δμα_θείς” A. Pers.907 (lyr.), E. (lyr., v. infr.), Cerc.7.1: ἐδάμην [α^] Il.13.812, Parm.7.1, etc.; Ep. “δάμην” Od.3.90; 3pl. “δάμεν” Il.8.344; Ep. subj. “δαμείω” Od.18.54, 2 and 3sg. “δαμήῃς -ήῃ” Il.3.436, 22.246, 2pl. “δαμήετε” 7.72; opt. “δαμείην” Il.3.301, E.Med.648; inf. “δαμῆναι” Il.15.522, A.Ch.368 (lyr.), S.Ph.200, Ep. inf. “δα^μήμεναι” Il.20.312; part. “δαμείς” 22.40, Sapph.90, etc. (only form of aor. used by S., and preferred by A. and E.): pf. “δέδμημαι” Il.5.878, etc., “-ημένος” 14.482, etc.; later “δεδαμασμένος” Nic.Al.29, Epigr.Gr.550.9: plpf. “δέδμητο” Od.3.305; 3pl. “-ήατο” Il.3.183.—Poet. Verb, used by X. in pres. part. “δαμάζων” Mem.4.3.10: aor. Pass. δαμασθεῖεν ib.4.1.3; also inf. δαμασθῆναι is f.l. in Isoc.7.4:—overpower:

I. of animals, tame, break in, twice in Hom., in Med., “ἡμίονον . . ἥτ᾽ ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι” Il.23.655; “τῶν κέν τιν᾽ . . δαμασαίμην” Od.4.637:—later in Act., X.Mem.4.3.10:—Pass., ib.4.1.3.

2. of metals, work, “σίδαρον” E.Alc.980 (lyr.); of land, clear, PSI4.316 (iv(?) A.D.).

II. of maidens, make subject to a husband, “ἀνδρὶ δάμασσεν” Il.18.432:—Med., force, seduce, Leg.Gort. l.c.:—Pass., Il.3.301, Od.3.269.

III. subdue, conquer, Od.9.59, al.; “βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ δ.” Hes.Th.490:—Pass., to be subject to another, “σοί τ᾽ ἐπιπείθονται καὶ δεδμήμεσθα ἕκαστος” Il.5.878; “δέδμητο δὲ λαὸς ὑπ᾽ αὐτῷ” Od.3.305.

b. of the gods, bring low, Il.9.118, 16.845, al.

c. subdue, gain the mastery over, ἐπιθυμίαν Stob.l.c.

2. lay low, kill, esp. in fight, “εἴ χ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοί γε θεὸς δαμάσῃ μνηστῆρας” Od.21.213:—Pass., “ὑπ᾽ ἐμοὶ δμηθέντα” Il.5.646; ὑπὸ δουρὶ δαμέντα ib.653.

3. of the powers of nature, etc., overcome, overpower, “ἔρος . . θυμὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσιν . . . ἐδάμασσεν” 14.316:—Med., “δαμασσάμενος φρένας οἴνῳ” Od.9.454, cf. 516:—Pass., to be overcome, “αἴθρῳ καὶ καμάτῳ δεδμημένον” 14.318; “μαλακῷ δεδμημένοι ὕπνῳ” Il.10.2; “ὕπνῳ καὶ φιλότητι δαμείς” 14.353; “ἁλὶ δέδμητο φίλον κῆρ” Od.5.454, cf. 8.231; “δμαθέντες” dead, E.Alc.127 (lyr.).

IV. ἀγῶνα δαμάσσαι ἔργῳ win it, Pi.P.8.80.

V. οὐ μήποτε τοῦτο δαμῇ, εἶναι μὴ ἐόντα it shall never be proved that . ., Parm.7.1. (δα^μα^-: δμη- underlies δάμνημι, ἐδάμα（ς）σα, δέδμημαι; δαμάζω is a post-Homeric form of pres.; cf. Skt. dā´myati 'to be tamed', damitar- 'tamer', etc.)