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δαμάζω

damazo

overpower

Appears 108 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δαμάζω A. Ch. 324 (lyr.), etc.: fut. δαμάσω AP 6.329 (Leon.); Ep. δαμάσσω Il. 22.176, also δαμᾷ, δαμάᾳ, 1.61, 22.271; 3pl. δαμόωσι 6.368 (v. δαμάω): aor. 1 ἐδάμᾰσα 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 CIG 4000.18 (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. δμᾱθείς A. Pers. 907 (lyr.), E. (lyr., v. infr.), Cerc. 7.1: ἐδάμην [ᾰ] 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. δᾰμήμεναι 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:—Α. overpower: I. of animals, tame, break in, twice in Hom., in Med., ἡμίονον . . ἥτʼ ἀλγίστη δαμάσασθαι Il. 23.655; τῶν κέν τινʼ . . 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, PSI 4.316 (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 τʼ ἐπιπείθονται καὶ δεδμήμεσθα ἕκαστος Il. 5.878; δέδμητο δὲ λαὸς ὑπʼ 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 χʼ ὑπʼ ἐμοί γε θεὸς δαμάσῃ μνηστῆρας Od. 21.213:—Pass., ὑπʼ 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. (δᾰμᾰ-: 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.)
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