δμωιάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.405</span>) or [[δμωή]] (both spellings freq. in codd.), ἡ, ([[δαμάω]]) prop. [[female slave taken in war]], <b class="b3">δμῳαὶ δ' ἃς Ἀχιλεὺς ληΐσσατο</b> (cf. [[δμώς]]) <span class="bibl">Il. 18.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.658</span>, <span class="bibl">24.643</span>: generally, [[female slave]], [[female slave taken in war]], [[serving-woman]], [[servant]], [[ancilla]], only in plural in Hom., mostly joined with [[γυναῖκες]]: δμῳαί <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>908</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1189</span>; δ. γυναῖκες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>84</span>; rare in Prose, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>1.5</span>: later in sg., <span class="bibl">Q.S.5.561</span>; of things, δμωὴν… Ἄϊδος… μάκελλαν <span class="title">IG</span>14.1389ii25.