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Dămascus | Damascus, a, um | Dăma-scēnus, a, um | Dămascēna, DAMASCENVS, i | Damascene, ae (noun F.m.f) : (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462
* Fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), , 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 (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.
* 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.:
* M.
* A surname of Juppiter, Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.
* F. (sc. regio), the region about Damascus, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form , Mel. 1, 11, 1.
* Fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), , 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 (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.
* 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.:
* M.
* A surname of Juppiter, Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.
* F. (sc. regio), the region about Damascus, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form , Mel. 1, 11, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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