noun

Dămascus

gen. Dămasci · gender feminine · decl. 2nd

(-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462

Dammesek; Darmesek, the very ancient capital of Coelesyria, on the Chrysorrhoas, celebrated for its terebinths, and, since the time of the Emperor Diocletian, for its fabrics in steel, now Dameshk

fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), i, f., Δαμασκός, Heb. Dammesek or Darmesek, the very ancient capital of Coelesyria, on the Chrysorrhoas, celebrated for its terebinths, and, since the time of the Emperor Diocletian, for its fabrics in steel, now Dameshk, Curt. 3, 12 sq.; Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; 13, 6, 12, § 54; Flor. 3, 5, 29; Stat. S. 1, 6, 14; Vulg. Gen. 14, 12.—Hence,

adj., of Damascus

Damascus, a, um, adj., of Damascus (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.—

adj., of Damascus, Damascene; damson •

Dăma-scēnus, a, um, adj., of Damascus, Damascene: pruna, Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43; Pall. Nov. 7, 16; Mart. 13, 29; cf. absol., id. 5, 18, 3 (Eng. damson); and pruna Damasci, Col. 10, 404.—

Subst.:

Subst.:

DAMASCENVS, i, m.,

a surname of Juppiter

a surname of Juppiter, Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.—

Plur.: the people of Damascus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.—

Plur.: the people of Damascus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.—

the region about Damascus

Dămascēna, ae, f. (sc. regio), the region about Damascus, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form Damascene, Mel. 1, 11, 1.

Perseus ID: n12282 Key: Damascus