damascenus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δαμασκηνός (damaskēnós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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