Damascene

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæməˌsiːn/^[1]

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.

• Damascene conversion

Damascene (plural Damascenes)

1. A native or inhabitant of Damascus.

From Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνή (Damaskēnḗ).

• Rhymes: -iːni

Damascene

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

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

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

• damasceen

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

Damascēnē f sg (genitive Damascēnēs); first declension

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

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

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

Damascēne

1. vocative masculine singular of Damascēnus