δαμνῆτις
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ἡ, A she that subdues, Hsch. δάμνια· θύματα, σφάγια, Id.
German (Pape)
[Seite 522] ιδος, ἡ, die Bändigende, Hesych.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δαμνῆτις: -ιδος, ἡ, γυνὴ ἥτις ὑποτάσσει, Ἡσύχ.
Spanish (DGE)
-ιδος, ἡ dominadora, vengadora Hsch.
Greek Monolingual
δαμνῆτις (-ιδος), η (Α)
αυτή η οποία δαμάζει ή τιμωρεί.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. του ρ. δάμνημι. Η λ. σχηματίστηκε πιθ. από τους τραγικούς κατά το δασπλήτις].
