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|Full diacritics=δμῳή
|Medium diacritics=δμῳή
|Low diacritics=δμωή
|Capitals=ΔΜΩΗ
|Transliteration A=dmōiḗ
|Transliteration B=dmōē
|Transliteration C=dmoi
|Beta Code=dmw&#124;h/
|Definition=(<span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.405</span>) or δμω-ή (both spellings freq. in codd.), ἡ, (δαμάω) prop. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">female slave taken in war</b>, <b class="b3">δμῳαὶ δ' ἃς Ἀχιλεὺς ληΐσσατο</b> (cf. [[δμώς]]) <span class="bibl">Il. 18.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.658</span>, <span class="bibl">24.643</span>: generally, <b class="b2">female slave, serving-woman</b>, only in pl. in Hom., mostly joined with <b class="b3">γυναῖκες</b>: δμῳαί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>908</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1189</span>; δ. γυναῖκες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>84</span>; rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>1.5</span>: later in sg., <span class="bibl">Q.S.5.561</span>; of things, δμωὴν . . Ἄϊδος . . μάκελλαν <span class="title">IG</span>14.1389ii25.</span>
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|btext=ῆς (ἡ) :<br /><b>1</b> captive de guerre, femme réduite en servitude par le droit de la guerre;<br /><b>2</b> <i>p. ext.</i> servante.<br />'''Étymologie:''' cf. [[δμώς]].
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|lsmtext='''δμῳή:''' ἡ ([[δαμάζω]]), [[δούλη]] πολέμου, αιχμάλωτη, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.· [[έπειτα]] γενικά, [[δούλα]], [[υπηρέτρια]], Λατ. [[ancilla]], σε Όμηρ., Τραγ.
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