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‡ dāmium, ii, n.: sacrificium, quod fie bat in operto in honorem Bonae Deae. Dea quoque ipsa DAMIA et sacerdos ejus DAMIATRIX appellabatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 8 Müll [δᾶμος = δῆμος]; cf. "damium, θυσίαι ὑπαίθριοι γινόμεναι," Gloss. Lab.

dāmĭurgus, v. demiurgus.

† dēmĭurgus, or acc. to the Dor. form dāmĭurgus, i, m., = δημιουργός, Dor. δᾶμιουργός.

  1. I. The chief magistrate in some of the Grecian states, Liv. 32, 22; 38, 30; title of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; Non. 226, 12 al.; cf. Rib. Com. p. 89 sq.
  2. II. The Maker of the world, Tert. adv. Valent. 24.