Jastrow: דָּמִין

דָּמִין, דָּמֵי , constr. דְּמֵי ch. same. Targ. Lam. V, 4 (h. text מְחִיר); a. fr.—B. Mets. 5ᵇ he thinks (as a mental reservation) דמי קא יהבנא ליה I am willing to compensate him. Ib. לא תחמוד לאינשי בלא ד׳ משמע להו common people understand the law, ‘thou shalt not covet’ (Ex. XX, 16) to mean coveting to get our neighbor’s property without compensation. B. Kam. 46ᵃ אי דְּמֵי רדיא וכ׳ if he paid the market price of a ploughing ox, he surely bought him for ploughing; a. fr.