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δαμνάω?

α-contract Verb; Transliteration: damnaō

Principal Part: δαμνάω

Structure: δαμνά (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: = δαμάζω

Sense

  1. I tame, subdue, control
  2. (of women) I give in marriage, violate, have sexual intercourse with
  3. I subdue, conquer, rule over
  4. I kill
  5. I overpower, overpower

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δαμνῶ δαμνᾷς δαμνᾷ
Dual δαμνᾶτον δαμνᾶτον
Plural δαμνῶμεν δαμνᾶτε δαμνῶσι(ν)
SubjunctiveSingular δαμνῶ δαμνῇς δαμνῇ
Dual δαμνῆτον δαμνῆτον
Plural δαμνῶμεν δαμνῆτε δαμνῶσι(ν)
OptativeSingular δαμνῷμι δαμνῷς δαμνῷ
Dual δαμνῷτον δαμνῴτην
Plural δαμνῷμεν δαμνῷτε δαμνῷεν
ImperativeSingular δάμνα δαμνάτω
Dual δαμνᾶτον δαμνάτων
Plural δαμνᾶτε δαμνώντων, δαμνάτωσαν
Infinitive δαμνᾶν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δαμνων δαμνωντος δαμνωσα δαμνωσης δαμνων δαμνωντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular δαμνῶμαι δαμνᾷ δαμνᾶται
Dual δαμνᾶσθον δαμνᾶσθον
Plural δαμνώμεθα δαμνᾶσθε δαμνῶνται
SubjunctiveSingular δαμνῶμαι δαμνῇ δαμνῆται
Dual δαμνῆσθον δαμνῆσθον
Plural δαμνώμεθα δαμνῆσθε δαμνῶνται
OptativeSingular δαμνῴμην δαμνῷο δαμνῷτο
Dual δαμνῷσθον δαμνῴσθην
Plural δαμνῴμεθα δαμνῷσθε δαμνῷντο
ImperativeSingular δαμνῶ δαμνάσθω
Dual δαμνᾶσθον δαμνάσθων
Plural δαμνᾶσθε δαμνάσθων, δαμνάσθωσαν
Infinitive δαμνᾶσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
δαμνωμενος δαμνωμενου δαμνωμενη δαμνωμενης δαμνωμενον δαμνωμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐδάμνων ἐδάμνας ἐδάμνα(ν)
Dual ἐδαμνᾶτον ἐδαμνάτην
Plural ἐδαμνῶμεν ἐδαμνᾶτε ἐδάμνων
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἐδαμνώμην ἐδαμνῶ ἐδαμνᾶτο
Dual ἐδαμνᾶσθον ἐδαμνάσθην
Plural ἐδαμνώμεθα ἐδαμνᾶσθε ἐδαμνῶντο

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

  • ἠέ῀ σε δαμνᾷ τάρβος ἐπιπλόμενον, τό τ ἀνάλκιδας ἄνδρας ἀτύζει· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 9:10)
  • καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὰ θηρία ἐς ἀνάπαυλαν ὀργῆς τε καὶ θυμοῦ κνήσι ὤτων τε καὶ κροτάφων δαμνῶνται. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 53)
  • δαμνᾷς ἀνθρώπων πυκινὰς φρένας, οὐδέ τίς ἐστιν οὕτως ἴφθιμος καὶ σοφὸς ὥστε φυγεῖν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389829)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἔτι σάρκας τε καὶ ὀστέα ἶνες ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὰ μέν τε πυρὸς κρατερὸν μένος αἰθομένοιο δαμνᾷ, ἐπεί κε πρῶτα λίπῃ λεύκ ὀστέα θυμός, ψυχὴ δ ἠύτ ὄνειρος ἀποπταμένη πεπότηται. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 25:3)
  • δὸς νῦν μοι φιλότητα καὶ ἵμερον, ᾧ τε σὺ πάντας δαμνᾷ ἀθανάτους ἠδὲ θνητοὺς ἀνθρώπους. (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 20:2)

Synonyms

  1. I tame

  2. I give in marriage

  3. I subdue

  4. I kill

  5. I overpower

Derived

  • ὑποδαμνάω (to master or weaken beneath, to be overcome, let oneself be overpowered or overcome)

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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