damascenus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαμασκηνός (damaskēnós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /da.masˈkeː.nus/, [d̪ämäs̠ˈkeːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /da.maʃˈʃe.nus/, [d̪ämäʃˈʃɛːnus]

Adjective

damascēnus (feminine damascēna, neuter damascēnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Damascene

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

• Damascus
• prūnum damascēnum (“damson”, literally “Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”)

Descendants

• → English: damson
• ⇒ damascena
  • Galician: ameixa (“plum”)
  • Leonese: méixena, méixana
  • Portuguese: ameixa (“plum”)
    • → Ladino: almexa, almixada (Monastir, Sarajevo)

References

• “damascenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers