Palmyrena
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Palmȳrēna, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun edit
Palmyrena
- 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 edit
Translations edit
ancient country of which Palmyra was the capital
References edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pal.myːˈreː.na/, [päɫ̪myːˈreːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pal.miˈre.na/, [pälmiˈrɛːnä]
Proper noun edit
Palmȳrēna f sg (genitive Palmȳrēnae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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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