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English
Etymology
From the Latin (Regiō or Terra) Gerasēna (“Gerasene ”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gerasena
- (history) The country of the Gerasenes.
1828, Johann Jahn, translated by Calvin Ellis Stowe, History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, chapter xi, § 106, page 325:Alexander Janneus, having now subdued his enemies, was attacked by a quartan fever occasioned by excessive drinking, and of this disease he died, three years after, while engaged in the siege of Ragaba in Gerasena.
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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
Gerasēna
- inflection of Gerasēnus:
- nominative/vocative singular feminine
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter
Adjective
Gerasēnā
- ablative singular feminine of Gerasēnus