Δυμᾶνες
πάτερ, ἄφες αὐτοῖς, οὐ γὰρ οἴδασιν τί ποιοῦσιν → father, forgive them, for they know not what they do
French (Bailly abrégé)
(οἱ) :
une des trois tribus doriennes.
Étymologie: DELG pas d’étym. ; cf. Ἀκαρν-ᾶνες, ὁρε-ᾶνες ; Δύμη est une tribu à Sparte, un topon. en Achaïe et en Thrace.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.pl.
Meaning: Δυμᾶνες one of the three Doric phylae (inscr., Ephor. ap. St. Byz. s. Δυμάν);
Derivatives: Same meaning in Δυμανᾶται (Hdt. 5, 68). Fem. Δύμαινα (φυλή; Trozen) and Δυμανίς (St. Byz.);
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation like Ἀκαρνᾶνες, Ἀθαμᾶνες etc. from Δύμη ἐν Σπάρτῃ φυλή H., also name of a town in the west of Achaia and in Thracia, further unknown; see v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 69. - Not with Lagercrantz (Streitberg-Festgabe 218ff.: to δίδυμος etc.; ); s. Kretschmer Glotta 15, 194. See Δύσμαιναι. No doubt a Pre-Greek name.
