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|link=&#123;&#123;filepath:woodhouse_1008.jpg&#125;&#125;]]Δαμασκός, ἡ.
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|lshtext=<b>Dămascus</b>: (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462<br /><b>I</b> fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), i, f., Δαμασκός, Heb. Dammesek or Darmesek, the [[very]] [[ancient]] [[capital]] of Coelesyria, on the [[Chrysorrhoas]], [[celebrated]] for its terebinths, and, [[since]] the [[time]] of the Emperor Diocletian, for its fabrics in [[steel]], [[now]] Dameshk, Curt. 3, 12 sq.; Plin. 5, 18, 16, § 74; 13, 6, 12, § 54; Flor. 3, 5, 29; Stat. S. 1, 6, 14; Vulg. Gen. 14, 12.—Hence,<br /><b>I</b> [[Damascus]], a, um, adj., of [[Damascus]] (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Dăma-scēnus, a, um, adj., of [[Damascus]], Damascene: [[pruna]], Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 43; Pall. Nov. 7, 16; Mart. 13, 29; cf. absol., id. 5, 18, 3 (Eng. damson); and [[pruna]] Damasci, Col. 10, 404.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Subst.:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DAMASCENVS, i, m.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a [[surname]] of [[Juppiter]], Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur.: the [[people]] of [[Damascus]], Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dămascēna, ae, f. (sc. [[regio]]), the [[region]] [[about]] [[Damascus]], Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form Damascene, Mel. 1, 11, 1.
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|gf=<b>Dămascus</b>,¹³ ī, f. (Δαμασκός), Damas [[capitale]] de la Cœlé-[[Syrie]] : Plin. 5, 74 &#124;&#124; <b>-us</b>, a, um, de Damas : Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.||<b>-us</b>, a, um, de Damas : Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.
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