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Δαμασκηνός

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

Spanish (DGE)

-ή, -όν
I damasceno, de Damasco
1 κοκκύμηλα Gal.6.353, de vestidos ἐνδρομίς DP 19.6, cf. SB 7033.41 (V d.C.)
plu. οἱ δαμασκηνοί, τὰ Δαμασκηνά damascos, ciruelas damascenas, ciruelas pasas un tipo de fruta muy abundante en Damasco PFreib.67 (II/III d.C.), PRyl.630.80 (IV d.C.), Aët.2.266, Gp.3.1.4, EM β 294
como ét. Str.16.2.20, I.BI 1.103, 398, AI 1.94, 159, Ath.49d, 2Ep.Cor.11.32, Thdt.Is.6.4, St.Byz.s.u. Δαμασκός.
2 subst. ὁ Δ. epít. de Zeus identificado c. Haddad IGLS 9013 (Bostra, imper.).
II fem. sg. ἡ Δ.
1 sc. χώρα Damascena territorio o reg. de Damasco, Str.16.2.16, 20, I.AI 1.160, 14.38, St.Byz.s.u. Δαμασκός.
2 sc. πόλις la ciu. de Damasco St.Byz.s.u. Δαμασκός.

English (Strong)

from Δαμασκός; a Damascene or inhabitant of Damascus: Damascene.

English (Thayer)

Δαμασκηνή, Δαμασκηνον, of Damascus, Damascene; substantively οἱ Δαμασκηνοι: 2 Corinthians 11:32.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.sg.
Meaning: of or from Damascus; of cloth damask (Edict. Diocl.); -οί damsons PFreib. ii\/iii AD.
Derivatives: -ὸν Damscene-plum, damson (Ath.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Syria
Etymology: From the town Δαμασκός.