δαμάλης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”) and cognate with Latin domō (“I tame”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.má.lɛːs/ → /ðaˈma.lis/ → /ðaˈma.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.má.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈma.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈma.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈma.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈma.lis/

Noun

δαμάλης • (damálēs) m (genitive δαμάλου); first declension

1. tamer, subduer
2. young steer

Inflection

First declension of ὁ δᾰμᾰ́λης; τοῦ δᾰμᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δᾰμᾰ́λης ho damálēs	τὼ δᾰμᾰ́λᾱ tṑ damálā	οἱ δᾰμᾰ́λαι hoi damálai
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰμᾰ́λου toû damálou	τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́λαιν toîn damálain	τῶν δᾰμᾰλῶν tôn damalôn
Dative	τῷ δᾰμᾰ́λῃ tôi damálēi	τοῖν δᾰμᾰ́λαιν toîn damálain	τοῖς δᾰμᾰ́λαις toîs damálais
Accusative	τὸν δᾰμᾰ́λην tòn damálēn	τὼ δᾰμᾰ́λᾱ tṑ damálā	τοὺς δᾰμᾰ́λᾱς toùs damálās
Vocative	δᾰμᾰ́λη damálē	δᾰμᾰ́λᾱ damálā	δᾰμᾰ́λαι damálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δαμαλίζω (damalízō)
• δαμάλιον (damálion)
• δάμαλος (dámalos)

Related terms

• δαμάζω (damázō)
• δαμάλη (damálē)
• δάμαλις (dámalis)
• δαμνάω (damnáō)

Further reading

• “δαμάλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δαμάλης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαμάλης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN