proper noun · femininesecond declension
Dāmascus
Dāmascus f sg (genitive Dāmascī)
Classical[daːˈmas.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[daˈmas.kus]
Meaning
- Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Dāmascus | — |
| genitive | Dāmascī | — |
| dative | Dāmascō | — |
| accusative | Dāmascum | — |
| ablative | Dāmascō | — |
| vocative | Dāmasce | — |
| locative | Dāmascī | — |
Dămascus (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462
I. 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,
I. Damascus, a, um, adj., of Damascus (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.—
II. 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.—B. Subst.:
1. DAMASCENVS, i, m.,
(a). a surname of Juppiter, Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.—
(b). Plur.: the people of Damascus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.—
2. Dămascēna, ae, f. (sc. regio), the region about Damascus, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form Damascene, Mel. 1, 11, 1.
Origins
From Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic source.