δάμαλος

A masculine formation from the much more common word δάμαλις f (dámalis, “heifer”). From Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to tame, domesticate”). Cognate with Albanian dem (“bull”), Old Irish dam (“ox”), Persian دام (dâm, “livestock”), and Welsh dafad (“sheep”).

δάμαλος • (dámalos) m (genitive δαμάλου); second declension

1. (rare, Koine) calf

• μόσχος (móskhos)

• δαμάλης (damálēs)

• δάμαλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011