δμώς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to δᾰμᾰ́ζω (damázō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dmɔ̌ːs/ → /ðmos/ → /ðmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dmɔ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðmos/

Noun

δμώς • (dmṓs) m (genitive δμωός); third declension

1. male servant; male slave taken captive in war

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural.

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δμώς; τοῦ δμωός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δμώς ho dmṓs	τὼ δμῶε tṑ dmôe	οἱ δμῶες hoi dmôes
Genitive	τοῦ δμωός toû dmōós	τοῖν δμώοιν toîn dmṓoin	τῶν δμώων tôn dmṓōn
Dative	τῷ δμῷ / δμῶῐ̈ tôi dmôi / dmôï	τοῖν δμώοιν toîn dmṓoin	τοῖς δμωσῐ́ / δμωσῐ́ν toîs dmōsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν δμῶ / δμῶᾰ tòn dmô / dmôa	τὼ δμῶε tṑ dmôe	τοὺς δμῶᾰς toùs dmôas
Vocative	δμώς dmṓs	δμῶε dmôe	δμῶες dmôes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• δμῳή (dmōiḗ)

Further reading

• “δμώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press