Damascus

English

Etymology

From Latin Damascus, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic form akin to Hebrew דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dəˈmæskəs/, /dəˈmɑːskəs/

Proper noun

Damascus

  1. The capital city of Syria.

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Proper noun

Damascus n

  1. Damascus, the capital city of Syria

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós), from a Semitic source.

Proper noun

Dāmascus f sg (genitive Dāmascī); second declension

  1. Damascus (an ancient city, the capital of modern Syria)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dāmascus
Genitive Dāmascī
Dative Dāmascō
Accusative Dāmascum
Ablative Dāmascō
Vocative Dāmasce
Locative Dāmascī

References
  • Damascus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Damascus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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