δάμαλις
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ (ὁ D.H.1.39), (δαμάζω)
A young cow, heifer, A.Supp.351 (lyr.), Aen.Tact.27.1, D.H.1.35; of Io, B. 18.24, Nic.Al.344; also masc., Hellanic.111J. 2 δ. σῦς IG5 (1).1390.34,69 (Andania, i B.C.). II girl, Epicr.9, AP5.291 (Agath.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 521] εως, ἡ, 1) Kalb, junge Kuh, Aesch. Suppl. 350 u. Sp., wie N. F. – 2) das Mädchen, Agath. 25 (v, 292); vgl. Epicrat. bei Ael. H. A. 12, 10.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δάμᾰλις: -εως, ἡ, (δαμάζω) νέα βοῦς, μικρὰ ἀγελάς, Λατ. ju-venca, Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκέτ. 350, Νίκ. Ἀλ. 344· πρβλ. δαμάλη, δαμάλης. ΙΙ. ὡς τὸ μόσχος, πῶλος, κοράσιον, Ἐπικρ. Χορ. 1, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 292· πρβλ. Ὁρατ. ᾨδ. 2. 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ἡ) :
jeune génisse ; p. anal. jeune fille.
Étymologie: DELG δάμνημι.
Spanish (DGE)
(δάμᾰλις) -εως, ἡ
• Prosodia: [δᾰ-]
• Morfología: [ὁ Hellanic.111; gen. δαμάλιδος I.AI 4.80]
1 ternero, becerro, novillo macho o hembra, A.Supp.351, Hellanic.l.c., Aen.Tact.27.14, Nic.Al.344, PTeb.729.10 (II a.C.), D.H.1.39., LXX De.21.3, To.1.5, I.AI 4.80, AP 10.101 (Bianor), ICr.1.5.9 (Arcades II d.C.), Ph.1.490, POxy.Hels.16.3 (II d.C.), πέπρακά σοι ... βοῦν ἔνκυον ... δάμαλειν (sic) te he vendido una vaca preñada (siendo) novilla e.e. preñada por primera vez, PKöln 55.6 (III d.C.)
•de Ío καλλικέρας B.19.24, metáf. de una muchacha, Epicr.8, γλυκερή AP 5.292 (Agath.), del alma, Ph.1.487, ἡ χρυσὴ δ. el becerro de oro Origenes Ep.Gr.Thaum.64, 70.
2 δ. σῦς lechón, cebón, IG 5(1).1390.34, 69 (Andania I a.C.).
English (Strong)
probably from the base of δαμάζω; a heifer (as tame): heifer.
English (Thayer)
δαμαλισεως, ἡ (feminine of ὁ δαμάλης a young bullock or steer), a young cow, heifer (Aeschylus, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Lucian, others); used in פָּרָה and in Sept. chiefly for עֶגְלָה.)
Greek Monolingual
η
βλ. δαμάλα.
