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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1008.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1008.jpg}}]]Δαμασκός, ἡ. | |Text=[[File:woodhouse_1008.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1008.jpg}}]]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 /> <b>B</b> Subst.:<br /> <b>1</b> DAMASCENVS, i, m.,<br /> <b>(a)</b> a [[surname]] of [[Juppiter]], Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Plur.: the [[people]] of [[Damascus]], Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.—<br /> <b>2</b> 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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