very strong, mighty, raging, h.Merc. 307 (in Sup. ζαμενέστατε) ; Κένταυρος, ἅλιος, Pi. P. 9.38, N. 4.13, cf. Sammelb. 5829.8: once in Trag., ζ. λόγος word of violence or enmity, S. Aj. 137 (anap.); also in late Ep., ζ. χόλος Opp. C. 3.448: neut. as Adv., ἐπὶ ζαμενὲς κοτέουσα Nic. Th. 181:—in form ζᾰμενός, ή, όν, Orac. ap. Porph. Plot. 22 codd., Hsch.
The corpus record
ζᾰμεν-ής
zamenes
very strong, mighty, raging
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Where it lives
- Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
What it meant — LSJ
very strong, mighty, raging, of violence, enmity
In the wild
- ζαμενὴς · zamenēs Sophocles, Ajax 137–140
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.