damma (dama), ae, f. (m., Verg. E. 8, 28; G. 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;
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.—
II Transf., venison : nil damma sapit, Juv. 11, 121; Ov. M. 13, 832.