Damascenus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνός (Damaskēnós). By surface analysis, Damascus +‎ -ēnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Damascēnus (feminine Damascēna, neuter Damascēnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Damascene

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative Damascēnus Damascēna Damascēnum Damascēnī Damascēnae Damascēna
genitive Damascēnī Damascēnae Damascēnī Damascēnōrum Damascēnārum Damascēnōrum
dative Damascēnō Damascēnae Damascēnō Damascēnīs
accusative Damascēnum Damascēnam Damascēnum Damascēnōs Damascēnās Damascēna
ablative Damascēnō Damascēnā Damascēnō Damascēnīs
vocative Damascēne Damascēna Damascēnum Damascēnī Damascēnae Damascēna

Derived terms

  • prūnum Damascēnum (“damson”, literally “Damascene plum, plum of Damascus”)

Descendants

  • → English: Damascene
  • → English: damson
  • ⇒ damascena
    • Galician: ameixa (“plum”)
    • Leonese: méixena, méixana
    • Portuguese: ameixa (“plum”)
      • → Ladino: almexa, almixada (Monastir, Sarajevo)

Noun

Damascēnus m sg (genitive Damascēnī); second declension

  1. Damascene

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Damascēnus Damascēnī
genitive Damascēnī Damascēnōrum
dative Damascēnō Damascēnīs
accusative Damascēnum Damascēnōs
ablative Damascēnō Damascēnīs
vocative Damascēne Damascēnī

Descendants

Further reading

  • Damascena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Damascenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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