proper noun · masculinethird declension
Damā̆stō̆r
Damā̆stō̆r m sg (genitive Damā̆storis)
Classical[daˈmaːs.toːr]Ecclesiastical[daˈmas.tor]
Meaning
- Greekname of a giant
quod timuit, iam totus erat; saevusque Damastor, ad depellendos iaculum cum quaereret hostes,
c. 370 CE – c. 404 CE, Claudius Claudianus, Gigantomachyhic rotat excussum vibrans in sidera Pindum Enceladus, rabido fit missilis Ossa Typhoeo; Porphyrion Pangaea rapit, Rhodopenque Damastor Strymonio cum fonte levat, veniensque superne
1936 translation by W. B. Anderson In one part Enceladus brandishes Pindus, torn from its base, and sends it whirling to the stars, while Ossa is the missile of frenzied Typhoeus; Porphyrion snatches up Pangaeus, Damastor lifts up Rhodope along with Strymon’s spring, and when the glowing thunderbolt comes down he hurls the river at it and quenches it.5th century AD, Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina XV Epithalamium.20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Damā̆stō̆r | — |
| genitive | Damā̆storis | — |
| dative | Damā̆storī | — |
| accusative | Damā̆storem Damā̆stora | — |
| ablative | Damā̆store | — |
| vocative | Damā̆stō̆r | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Greek, probably from Ancient Greek ἀδαμάστωρ (adamástōr) (attested as an epithet of Hekate), probably from the same root as Ancient Greek ἀδάμαστος (adámastos, “indomitable”), ending in the agent-noun suffix -τωρ (-tōr).