The corpus record — Latin

Damascus

Dammesek

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Where it lives

Adversus Judaeos Liber 9 · 8.02/10k
De Baptismo 1 · 2.34/10k
Adversus Marcionem 9 · 1.09/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 6 · 0.81/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 8 · 0.2/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant — Lewis & Short

Dămascus (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462

I fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), i, f., *damasko/s, 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,

I Damascus, a, um, adj., of Damascus (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Gen. 15, 2.—

II 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.—

B Subst.:

1 DAMASCENVS, i, m.,

(a) a surname of Juppiter, Inscr. Grut. 20, 2.—

(b) Plur.: the people of Damascus, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 32.—

2 Dămascēna, ae, f. (sc. regio), the region about Damascus, Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66; in the Greek form Damascene, Mel. 1, 11, 1.

In the wild

Damascum Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 4.1.4
Damascumque Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.40.5.29
Damascum Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 9
Damascus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.8.9
Damascus Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.13
Damascum Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 3.13.4

6 of 39 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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