Palmyrena
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Palmȳrēna, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun
editPalmyrena
- A historical region and country of the Syrian steppe, of which Palmyra was the capital.[1]
- 1695, Simon Patrick, A Commentary Upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis:
- [...] Taking his Journey through the dangerous and barren Desarts of Palmyrena ; [...]
- 1698, An Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World:
- [...] and then visited all the Borders of his Dominions; from Palmyrena in the North [...]
- 1927, Geographical Review, volume 17, page 192:
- Southward from Palmyrena stretches a vast expanse of desert, the true home of the nomad from the earliest times, a land that has never been suited to cultivation.
- 1928, Oriental Explorations and Studies, number 4, page 238:
- By studying the Antonine Itinerary we get a fairly good idea of the northern and western borders of Palmyrena, [...]
- 1995, Klaas Dijkstra, Life and Loyalty:
- One originates from Khirbet Abu Duhur in the north-western Palmyrena.
- 2000, Norman Lewis, “The Syrian steppe during the last century of Ottoman rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena”, in The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East[1], page 33:
- Trans-Jordan, the Palmyrena and the Euphrates valley were brought within the administered area ; [...]
- 2003, Christina Phelps Harris, The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration, page 39:
- The most frequently used part of the Syrian Desert is Palmyrena.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editancient country of which Palmyra was the capital
References
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pal.myːˈreː.na/, [päɫ̪myːˈreːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pal.miˈre.na/, [pälmiˈrɛːnä]
Proper noun
editPalmȳrēna f sg (genitive Palmȳrēnae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Palmȳrēna |
Genitive | Palmȳrēnae |
Dative | Palmȳrēnae |
Accusative | Palmȳrēnam |
Ablative | Palmȳrēnā |
Vocative | Palmȳrēna |
Locative | Palmȳrēnae |
References
edit- “Palmȳra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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