Δαμασκός
οὖς ἀκούει καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρᾷ κυρίου ἔργα καὶ ἀμφότερα → the hearing ear and the seeing eye; the Lord has made both of them
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ἡ) :
Damas, capitale de la Syrie.
Spanish (DGE)
-οῦ, ὁ, ἡ
Damasco
1 ὁ Δ. mit., hijo de Hermes y de la ninfa Halimeda, fundador y epón. de la ciu., St.Byz.
2 ἡ Δ. geog., ciu. de Siria, Thphr.HP 3.15.3, D.S.17.32, I.BI 1.115, 127, AI 1.145, 5.86, Plu.Alex.20, 48, Arr.An.2.11.9, Ptol.Geog.5.14.18, IG 22.3169/70.30 (III d.C.), Thdt.Is.3.298.
English (Strong)
of Hebrew origin (NONE); Damascus, a city of Syria: Damascus.
English (Thayer)
Δαμασκοῦ, ἡ, Damascus (Hebrew דַּמֶשֶׂק), a very ancient (Josephus, b. j. 2,20, 2cf. 7,8, 7). Still one of the most opulent cities of western Asia, having about 109,000 inhabitants ("in 1859 about 150,000; of these 6,000 were Jews, and 15,000 Christians" (Porter)): BB. DD. under the word, especially Alex.'s Kitto.)
