δάμνημι
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
(v. also foreg.),
A = δαμάζω, τὴν μὲν . . δάμνημ' ἐπέεσσι Il.5.893; δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν ib.746, etc.; ἄνδρ' ἀγαθὸν πενίη δάμνησι Thgn.173; πενία . . δ. λαόν Alc.92:—Med., ἵμερον, ᾧ τε σὺ πάντας δαμνᾷ ἀθανάτους Il.14.199; ἀλλά με χεῖμα δάμναται Od.14.488; Ἔρος δ. νόον Hes.Th.122, cf. Archil.85, A.Pr.165, Q.S.11.25:—Pass., πυκνὰ καρήαθ' ὑφ' Ἕκτορι δάμνατο Il.11.309; μηδ' οὕτω Τρώεσσιν ἔα δάμνασθαι Ἀχαιούς 8.244; Ἀχαιοὺς Τρωσὶν δαμναμένους 13.16; δάμναμαι A.Supp.904 (lyr.); imper. μηκέτι δάμναο θυμόν Maiist.51: pf. part. δεδαμναμένα forced, seduced, Leg.Gort.2.13.
German (Pape)
[Seite 522] Nebenform von δαμνάω, δαμάω, δαμάζω; Homer: δάμνημι Iliad. 5, 893; δάμνησι Il ad. 5, 746. 8, 390. 21, 401 Odyss. 1, 100; medium: δάμνᾳ, statt δάμνασαι, wie δύνᾳ δύνασαι und ἐπίστᾳ ἐπίστασαι, Iliad. 14. 199. Bekker δαμνᾷ, medium von δαμνάω, Aristarch wahrscheinlich δάμνᾳ, s. Scholl.; δάμναται Odyss. 14, 488; passivum: δάμνατο Iliad. 11, 309; δάμνασθαι Iliad. 8, 244. 15, 376; δαμναμένους Iliad. 13, 16. 353. – Aesch. Suppl. 882; h. Ven. 17; Hes. Th. 122; Aesch. Prom. 164; Bacchyl. bei Plut. Num. 20.
