δάμνημι, δαμνάω , ipf.
(ἐ）δάμνα_,
fut. δαμᾷ, δαμάα?, δαμόωσι, aor.
ἐδάμα（ς）σα, pass.
δάμναμαι, 2 sing. δαμνᾷ, pass. aor. 1 ἐδμήθην, imp. δμηθήτω, part.
δμηθείς, also ἐδαμάσθην, δαμνάσθη, aor. 2 ἐδάμην, δάμη, 3 pl. δάμεν,
subj. δαμείω, δαμήῃς, -ήῃ, -ήετε,
opt. δαμείη, 3 pl. -εῖεν, inf. -ῆναι, -ήμεναι,
part. -είς, perf. δεδμήμεσθα, part. δεδμημένος,
plup. δεδμήμην, δέδμητο, δέδμηντο,
δεδμήατο, mid. aor. (ἐ）δαμασσάμην, subj. δαμάσσεται, etc.: tame, subdue, mid., for
oneself; of taming, ‘breaking’ animals, Il. 17.77, Od.
4.637 (cf. ἱπποδάμος);
subjecting as a wife, Il. 18.432,
Il. 3.301 (cf. δάμαρ); and, generally, of ‘reducing to
subjection,’ ‘overcoming,’ in war or
otherwise, ‘laying low’ in battle; of things as
well as of persons, τὸν δ᾽ οὐ βέλος ὠκὺ
δάμασσεν, Il. 5.106, 391;
met., ἔρος θυ_μόν, Il. 14.316, etc.; pass. freq. in all the
above relations.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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