Damascene

See also: damascene and damascène

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνός (Damaskēnós).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdæməˌsiːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdæməˈsiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

Damascene (comparative more Damascene, superlative most Damascene)

1. Of or relating to Damascus.

Derived terms

• Damascene conversion
• Damascene moment

Translations

of or relating to Damascus

• Arabic: دِمَشْقِيّ‎ (dimašqiyy)
• Catalan: damasquí (ca), damascè (ca)
• Finnish: damaskolainen
• French: damasquin (fr)
• German: damaszenisch (de)
• Hungarian: damaszkuszi (hu)

• Italian: damaschino (it)
• Latin: damascēnus
• Polish: damasceński (pl)
• Portuguese: damasceno
• Slovak: damaský (sk), damascénsky

Noun

Damascene (plural Damascenes)

1. A native or inhabitant of Damascus.

Translations

native or inhabitant of Damascus

• Arabic: دِمَشْقِيّ‎ m (dimašqiyy), دِمَشْقِيّة‎ f (dimašqiyya)
• Catalan: damasquí (ca) m
• Finnish: damaskolainen

• French: Damascène (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: damaszkuszi (hu)
• Portuguese: damasceno m

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνή (Damaskēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːni

Proper noun

Damascene

1. The region of Damascus.
   • 2013, The Arabs in Antiquity‎^[1]:

     [...] how Alexander Jannaeus, after a treaty with a king in Petra who controlled the whole area from Elat to Damascene [...]

Translations

region of Damascus

• French: Damascène (fr) f
• Latin: Damascēna f

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Damascene in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• damasceen

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Latin

Proper noun

Damascēnē f sg (genitive Damascēnēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Damascēna

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Damascēnē
Genitive	Damascēnēs
Dative	Damascēnae
Accusative	Damascēnēn
Ablative	Damascēnē
Vocative	Damascēnē
Locative	Damascēnae

References

• Damascene in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934

Adjective

Damascēne

1. vocative masculine singular of Damascēnus