Δμῆσις

taming

Translated by Catharine Roth18 Feb 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] subduing.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δμῆσις· ἡ δάμασις.

Betacode

*dmh=sis: h( da/masis.

Of horses, for example; from the verb dama/zw (delta 1309, delta 1310).
Same entry in Hesychius (delta2066), and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 17.476, where the headword occurs in the accusative case (web address 1).