The corpus record

δαμνάω

damnao

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Where it lives

Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

δαμνάω · damnaō — LSJ

= δαμάζω, Hom. only in 3 sg. pres. δαμνᾷ Od. 11.221: impf. ἐδάμνα Il. 21.52, Sapph. Supp. 1.12; δάμνα Il. 16.103, al.; Ion. δάμνασκε h.Ven. 251: 2 sg. pres. δαμνᾷς Thgn. 1388 (s.v.l.); imper. δάμνα Sapph. 1.3. (These forms may belong orig.to δάμνᾱμι, Aeol. for sq.; Hsch. also gives pres. δάμνει and fut. δαμνήσει.)

In the wild

δαμνᾷ · damnai Iliad 14.199
δαμνᾷ · damnai Odyssey 11.221

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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