The corpus record

δάμνημι

damnemi

forced, seduced

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Iliad 14 · 1.26/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

forced, seduced

= δαμάζω, τὴν μὲν . . δάμνημʼ ἐπέεσσι Il. 5.893; δάμνησι στίχας ἀνδρῶν ib. 746, etc.; ἄνδρʼ ἀγαθὸν πενίη δάμνησι Thgn. 173; πενία . . δ. λαόν Alc. 92:—Med., ἵμερον, ᾧ τε σὺ πάντας δαμνᾷ ἀθανάτους Il. 14.199; ἀλλά με χεῖμα δάμναται Od. 14.488; Ἔρος δ. νόον Hes. Th. 122, cf. Archil. 85, A. Pr. 165, Q.S. 11.25:—Pass., πυκνὰ καρήαθʼ ὑφʼ Ἕκτορι δάμνατο Il. 11.309; μηδʼ οὕτω Τρώεσσιν ἔα δάμνασθαι Ἀχαιούς 8.244; Ἀχαιοὺς Τρωσὶν δαμναμένους 13.16; δάμναμαι A. Supp. 904 (lyr.); imper. μηκέτι δάμναο θυμόν

In the wild

δάμναται · damnatai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 163–167
δάμναμαι · damnamai Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 907–908
δάμναται · damnatai Theogony 116–122
δάμνατο · damnato Iliad 11.309
δαμναμένους · damnamenous Iliad 13.16
δαμναμένους · damnamenous Iliad 13.353

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δάμνημι (scan p. 348; entry #1552).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δάμνημι (scan pp. 264-265; entry #1808). Root candidates: *domo-.
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δάμνημι (scan pp. 378-379; entry #1417).

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