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ὑποδαμνάω

upodamnao

master, weaken beneath, to be overcome, overpowered

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ὑποδαμνάω · hypodamnaō — LSJ

master, weaken beneath, to be overcome, overpowered, subdued, yielding to, embrace, subdued by love, to be married

master or weaken beneath one, ποταμὸς ὑπὸ γούνατʼ ἐδάμνα Il. 21.270:—Pass. ὑποδάμνᾰμαι (from *ὑποδάμνημι), to be overcome, overpowered, εἰπέ μοι ἠὲ ἑκὼν ὑποδάμνασαι Od. 3.214, 16.95; aor. 1 part. ὑποδμηθεῖσα, of a woman, subdued by a man, yielding to his embrace, h.Hom. 17.4, Hes. Sc. 53, Th. 327, 374; also ὑποδμηθείς, of a man, subdued by love, AP 5.299 (Paul.Sil.); ἀλλήλοις ὑποδεδμῆσθαι to be married, Eust. 1418.38:—Med., Ἔρος φρένας ὑποδάμναται Theoc. 29.23, cf. Q.S. 1.336, 6.284.

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