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δμῳή

dmoe

female slave taken in war

Appears 57 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δμῳή (Choerob. in Theod. 1.405) or δμω-ή (both spellings freq. in codd.), ἡ, (δαμάω) prop. A. female slave taken in war, δμῳαὶ δʼ ἃς Ἀχιλεὺς ληΐσσατο (cf. δμώς) Il. 18.28, cf. 9.658, 24.643: generally, female slave, serving-woman, only in pl. in Hom., mostly joined with γυναῖκες: δμῳαί A. Ag. 908, S. Ant. 1189; δ. γυναῖκες A. Ch. 84; rare in Prose, X. Cyr. 5.1.6, Philostr. VA 1.5: later in sg., Q.S. 5.561; of things, δμωὴν . . Ἄϊδος . . μάκελλαν IG 14.1389ii25.
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