proper noun · femininefirst declension
Palmȳra
Palmȳra f sg (genitive Palmȳrae)
Classical[paɫˈmyː.ra]Ecclesiastical[palˈmiː.ra]
Meaning
- Palmyra (ancient Semitic city in modern Syria)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Palmȳra | — |
| genitive | Palmȳrae Palmīrae | — |
| dative | Palmȳrae Palmīrae | — |
| accusative | Palmȳram Palmīram | — |
| ablative | Palmȳrā | — |
| vocative | Palmȳra | — |
| locative | Palmȳrae Palmīrae | — |
Palmȳra (Palmīra), ae, f., = Παλμύρα, Παλμιρα,
I. a city of Syria, whose ruins still remain, the seat of the empire of Odenathus and Zenobia, Plin. 5, 25, 21, § 86; 6, 28, 32, § 144.—Hence, Palmȳrēnus (Palmīr-), a, um, adj., of Palmyra:
solitudines, Plin. 5, 24, 21, § 87.—Subst.: Palmȳ-rēna, ae, f., the country around Palmyra, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143; and Palmȳrēnus, i, m., an epithet of the emperor L. Domitius Aurelius, on account of his victory over Palmyra, Inscr. Grut. 276, 5.Origins
From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).