(& ḍaṃsati) to bite (esp. of flies snakes, scorpions, etc.),
pres ḍasati MN.i.519;
pot ḍaseyya MN.i.133; AN.iii.101 = AN.iv.320 (where ḍaṃs˚) ḍaṃseyya AN.iii.306;
ppr ḍasamāna Ja.i.265 (gīvāya) fut. ḍaṃsayissāmi Ja.vi.193 (variant reading ḍass˚);
aor aḍaṃsi Vv.80#8 (= Sk. adānkṣīt), ḍaṃsi Pv-a.62 & ḍasi Ja.i.502; Dhp-a.ii.258;
inf ḍasituṃ Ja.i.265;
ger ḍasitvā Ja.i.222 Ja.ii.102; Ja.iii.52, Ja.iii.538; Dhp-a.i.358
pp daṭṭha; cp. also dāṭhā & saṇḍāsa.

cp. Sk. da ati & daṃśati, Gr.; δάκνω, Ohg. zanga, Ags. tonge, E. tong