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1. dāma, ae, v. damma.

2. Dāma, ae, m., name of a slave, Hor. S. 1, 6, 38; 2, 5, 18; 101; 2, 7, 54.

† dămălĭo, ōnis, m. [δάμαλος], a calf, Lampr. Alex. Sever. 22, 8.

Dămălis is (is or ĭdis, acc. to Probus, p. 124 Lindem.), f., the name of a woman, Hor. Od. 1, 36, 13 sq.

Dămascus (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462 fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), i, f., Δαμασκός, Heb. Dammesek or Darmesek, the very ancient capital of Coelesyria, on the Chrysorrhoas, celebrated for its terebinths, and, since the time of the Emperor Diocletian, for its fabrics in steel, now Dameshk, Curt. 3, 12 sq.; Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; 13, 6, 12, § 54; Flor. 3, 5, 29; Stat. S. 1, 6, 14; Vulg. Gen. 14, 12.
Hence,

  1. I. Damascus, a, um, adj., of Damascus (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.
  2. II. Dăma-scēnus, a, um, adj., of Damascus, Damascene: pruna, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43; Pall. Nov. 7, 16; Mart. 13, 29; cf. absol., id. 5, 18, 3 (Eng. damson); and pruna Damasci, Col. 10, 404.
    1. B. Subst.:
      1. 1. DAMASCENVS, i, m.,
          1. (α) a surname of Juppiter, Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.
          2. (β) Plur.: the people of Damascus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.
      2. 2. Dămascēna, ae, f. (sc. regio), the region about Damascus, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form Damascene, Mel. 1, 11, 1.

Dămăsichthōn, ŏnis, m., Δαμασίχθων, son of Amphion and Niobe, slain by Apollo, Ov. M. 6, 254 al.

Dămăsippus, i, m., Δαμάσιππος (tamer of horses),

  1. I. Prætor 672 A. U. C., a follower of Marius, who acted with great cruelty towards the adherents of Sylla; afterwards put to death by order of Sylla, Sall. C. 51, 32; Vell. 2, 26, 2; Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.
  2. II. A surname in the gens Licinia, Caes. B. C. 2, 44; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2 sq.; id. Att. 12, 29 fin.; 33, 1 al.
  3. III. Name of a bankrupt merchant and ridiculous Stoic philosopher, Hor. S. 2, 3, 16 sqq.
  4. IV. Name of an actor, Juv. 8, 147.

† damasōnĭon, ii, n, = δαμασώνιον, a plant = alisma, Plin. 25, 10, 77, § 124.

damma (dama), ae, f. (m., Verg. Ec. 8, 28; Georg. 3, 539; A. 8, 641; Stat. Ach. 2, 408; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 6) [R. dam-, v. domo], a general name for beasts of the deer kind;

  1. I. a fallow deer, buck, doe, antelope, chamois, Plin. 8, 53, 79, § 214; 11, 37, 45, § 124; Verg. G. 1, 308; 3, 410; Hor. Od. 1, 2, 12; Ov. M. 1, 442; 10, 539; 13, 832; id. F. 3, 646; Juv. 11, 121; Sen. Hippol. 62; Sid. Ep. 8, 6.
  2. II. Transf., venison: nil damma sapit, Juv. 11, 121; Ov. M. 13, 832.