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δαμάλης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαμάλης

Structure: δαμαλ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: dama/zw

Sense

  1. a young steer

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δαμάλης δαμάλᾱ δαμάλαι
Genitive δαμάλου δαμάλαιν δαμαλῶν
Dative δαμάλῃ δαμάλαιν δαμάλαις
Accusative δαμάλην δαμάλᾱ δαμάλᾱς
Vocative δαμάλα δαμάλᾱ δαμάλαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὴν μὲν ἂν προσεῖδεσ εὔθηλον πόριν μυκωμένην ἔχουσαν ἐν χεροῖν δίχα, ἄλλαι δὲ δαμάλασ διεφόρουν σπαράγμασιν. (Euripides, episode, trochees 8:2)
  • ἢν δέ ποκ’ ἔνθῃ Δάφνισ ἔχων δαμάλασ, μηδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχοι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 32)
  • Κἠμὲ γὰρ ἐκ τὤντρω σύνοφρυσ κόρα ἐχθὲσ ἰδοῖσα τὰσ δαμάλασ παρελᾶντα καλὸν καλὸν ἦμεν ἔφασκεν· (Theocritus, Idylls, 57)
  • καλόν σοι δαμάλασ φιλέειν, οὐκ ἄζυγα κώραν. (Theocritus, Idylls, 9)

Synonyms

  1. a young steer

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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