damascenus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαμασκηνός (damaskēnós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /da.masˈkeː.nus/, [d̪ämäs̠ˈkeːnʊs̠]
  • (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
  • 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

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