Damastor

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek, probably from Ancient Greek ἀδαμάστωρ (adamástōr) (attested as an epithet of Hekate),[1] probably from the same root as Ancient Greek ἀδάμαστος (adámastos, indomitable), ending in the agent-noun suffix -τωρ (-tōr).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Damā̆stō̆r m sg (genitive Damā̆storis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) name of a giant
    • c. 370 CEc. 404 CE, Claudian, Gigantomachy :
      quod timuit, iam totus erat; saevusque Damastor,
      ad depellendos iaculum cum quaereret hostes,
      Germani rigidum misit pro rupe cadaver.
    • 5th century AD, Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina XV Epithalamium.20:
      hic rotat excussum vibrans in sidera Pindum
      Enceladus, rabido fit missilis Ossa Typhoeo;
      Porphyrion Pangaea rapit, Rhodopenque Damastor
      Strymonio cum fonte levat, veniensque superne
      intorto calidum restinguit flumine fulmen
      • 1936 translation by W. B. Anderson
        In one part Enceladus brandishes Pindus, torn from its base, and sends it whirling to the stars, while Ossa is the missile of frenzied Typhoeus; Porphyrion snatches up Pangaeus, Damastor lifts up Rhodope along with Strymon’s spring, and when the glowing thunderbolt comes down he hurls the river at it and quenches it.
    • c. 1562, Giuseppe Sporeni, Carmina 1.2. Crucis adoratio.107:
      Fronte dolor, qualem peritura Belides urna
      Porphyrionque Athamasque ferunt saevusque Damastor
      Et Coeo cum fratre Dymas, qualem excipit ingens
      Sisyphus Aegeonque et opaca silentia durae
      Persephones atroque gementes sulphure manes.

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Damā̆stō̆r
Genitive Damā̆storis
Dative Damā̆storī
Accusative Damā̆storem
Damā̆stora
Ablative Damā̆store
Vocative Damā̆stō̆r

References

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  1. ^ Hilton, John (2009) “Adamastor, Gigantomachies, and the Literature of Exile in Camões' Lusíads”, in Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association