damascenus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δαμασκηνός (damaskēnós).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /da.masˈkeː.nus/, [d̪ämäs̠ˈkeːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /da.maʃˈʃe.nus/, [d̪ämäʃˈʃɛːnus]
Adjective[edit]
damascēnus (feminine damascēna, neuter damascēnum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | damascēnus | damascēna | damascēnum | damascēnī | damascēnae | damascēna | |
Genitive | damascēnī | damascēnae | damascēnī | damascēnōrum | damascēnārum | damascēnōrum | |
Dative | damascēnō | damascēnō | damascēnīs | ||||
Accusative | damascēnum | damascēnam | damascēnum | damascēnōs | damascēnās | damascēna | |
Ablative | damascēnō | damascēnā | damascēnō | damascēnīs | |||
Vocative | damascēne | damascēna | damascēnum | damascēnī | damascēnae | damascēna |
Related terms[edit]
- Damascus
- prūnum damascēnum (“damson”, literally “Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “damascenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers