δάμνημι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: [[tame]], [[subdue]], [[conquer]], especially of horses.<br />Other forms: 3. sg. also <b class="b3">δαμνᾳ̃</b> (for Aeol. [[δάμνα]], Schwyzer 694), aor. <b class="b3">δαμάσ(σ)αι</b>, intr. [[δαμῆναι]], perf. [[δέδμημαι]] (Il.); to <b class="b3">δαμάσ(σ)αι</b> new present [[δαμάζω]] (A.), fut. [[δαμάσσω]], 3. sg. <b class="b3">δαμᾳ̃</b> (Il.), aor. Pass. <b class="b3">δαμα-σ-θῆναι</b> (Il.), also (after [[δέδμημαι]]) [[δμηθῆναι]] (Il.)<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ὑπο-</b>. as first member in <b class="b3">δάμν-ιππος</b> (Orph.)<br />Derivatives: [[δμητήρ]] ([[ἵππων]]) [[tamer]] (h. Hom., Alkm.), f. [[δμήτειρα]] (Il.), [[δμῆσις]] ([[ἵππων]]) [[taming]] (Il.); <b class="b3">ἀ-δμής</b>, <b class="b3">-τος</b> f. m. [[untamed]], [[unmarried]] (Od.), also <b class="b3">ἄ-δμη-τος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.) and <b class="b3">ἀ-δάμα-σ-τος</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">ἀ-δάμα-τος</b> (trag.), [[δματέα]] (Dor.). [[δαμαστέα]] H.; on [[ἀδάμας]] s. s. v. - Isolated <b class="b3">δαμα-</b> and <b class="b3">δαμν-</b>: [[Δαμαῖος]] [[tamer]] of Poseidon (Pi.), [[δαμάτειρα]] (AP), <b class="b3">παν-δαμάτωρ</b> [[alltamer]] (Il.), late f. [[πανδαμάτειρα]]; [[δάμασις]] and [[δαμαστικός]] (sch.), [[δαμάστης]] ([Epich.] 301 [?], gloss.); <b class="b3">δαμνῆτις δαμάζουσα</b>, [[τιμωρός]]; <b class="b3">δάμνος ἵππος</b>. [[Τυρρηνοί]] H. - [[δαμασώνιον]] and [[δαμναμένη]] plant names (Dsc., Ps.-Dsc.; for love, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 92). - On [[δαμάλης]] s. s. v. Not here [[δμώς]], s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [199] <b class="b2">*demh₂-</b> [[tame]]<br />Etymology: The present [[δάμνημι]], Aeol. [[δάμναμι]] agrees with OIr. [[damnaim]] <b class="b2">bind, tame (horses)</b> from <b class="b2">*dm̥-n-eh₂-mi</b>, from a disyllabic root <b class="b2">*demh₂-</b> seen in <b class="b3">δαμά-σαι</b>, where <b class="b3">*δεμα-</b> was reshaped to <b class="b3">δαμα-</b>, partly after <b class="b3">-δαμο-</b> < <b class="b2">*dmh₂-o</b>; zero grade <b class="b2">*dm̥h₂-</b> in <b class="b3">δμη-θῆναι</b> (Dor. <b class="b3">δμα-</b>). Many representatives (note Hitt. [[damaš-zi]] [[he forces]], [[urges]]). Note <b class="b3">παν-δαμάτωρ</b> = Lat. [[domitor]], Skt. [[damitár-]]; they may be independent parallel formations. As second member in compounds <b class="b3">ἱππό-]δαμος</b> (Il.) = Skt. [[ariṃ-]]][[dama-]] [[conquering the enemy]] (from <b class="b2">*domh₂-o-</b>?); (<b class="b3">ἄ-)δμητος</b>: Skt. [[dāntá-]] from <b class="b2">*dm̥h₂-to-</b> (independent Lat. [[domitus]]). - The old presents Lat. [[domāre]] = Skt. [[damāyáti]] and OHG [[zamōn]], Goth. [[ga-tamjan]], NHG [[zähmen]] = Skt. [[damáyati]] are not found in Greek. - Not to the old word for [[house]] (s. [[δόμος]] and [[δεσπότης]]).