Damascene

See also: damascene and damascène

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνός (Damaskēnós). By surface analysis, Damascus +‎ -ene. The sense “pertaining to a sudden and complete change in one's beliefs” refers to the conversion of St Paul to Christianity on the road to Damascus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæməˌsiːn/

Adjective

Damascene (comparative more Damascene, superlative most Damascene)

1. Of or relating to Damascus.
2. Pertaining to a sudden and complete change in one's beliefs.

Derived terms

• Damascene conversion

Translations

of or relating to Damascus

• Afrikaans: Damasseens, Damaskeens
• Arabic: دِمَشْقِيّ (dimašqiyy)
• Bulgarian: дама́ски (bg) (damáski)
• Catalan: damasquí (ca), damascè (ca)
• Finnish: damaskolainen
• French: damasquin (fr)
• German: damaszenisch (de)
• Hungarian: damaszkuszi (hu)
• Italian: damaschino (it)
• Korean: 다마스쿠스의 (damaseukuseu-ui)
• Latin: damascēnus
• Persian: دمشقی (fa) (demašqi), شامی (fa) (šâmi)
• Polish: damasceński (pl)
• Portuguese: damasceno
• Slovak: damaský (sk), damascénsky
• Spanish: damasceno
• Ukrainian: дама́ський m (damásʹkyj)

Noun

Damascene (plural Damascenes)

1. A native or inhabitant of Damascus.

Translations

native or inhabitant of Damascus

• Afrikaans: Damasseen, Damaskener
• Arabic: دِمَشْقِيّ m (dimašqiyy), دِمَشْقِيّة f (dimašqiyya)
• Catalan: damasquí (ca) m
• Finnish: damaskolainen
• French: Damascène (fr) m or f
• German: Damaszener (de) m, Damaszenerin (de) f
• Hungarian: damaszkuszi (hu)
• Italian: damasceno m, damascena f
• Korean: 다마스쿠스인 (damaseukuseu-in)
• Persian: دمشقی (fa) (demašqi), شامی (fa) (šâmi)
• Portuguese: damasceno m, damascena f
• Spanish: damasceno m, damascena f

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνή (Damaskēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːni

Proper noun

Damascene

1. The region of Damascus.
   • 2013, The Arabs in Antiquity‎^[1]:

     [...] how Alexander Jannaeus, after a treaty with a king in Petra who controlled the whole area from Elat to Damascene [...]

Translations

region of Damascus

• French: Damascène (fr) f
• Latin: Damascēna f

References

“Damascene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• damasceen

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /da.masˈkeː.neː/, [d̪ämäs̠ˈkeːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /da.maʃˈʃe.ne/, [d̪ämäʃˈʃɛːne]

Proper noun

Damascēnē f sg (genitive Damascēnēs); first declension

1. Alternative form of Damascēna (“Damascene (a region of Syria)”)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Damascēnē
genitive	Damascēnēs
dative	Damascēnae
accusative	Damascēnēn
ablative	Damascēnē
vocative	Damascēnē
locative	Damascēnae

References

• Damascene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Adjective

Damascēne

1. vocative masculine singular of Damascēnus