damascenus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δαμασκηνός (damaskēnós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

damascēnus (feminine damascēna, neuter damascēnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Damascene

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • damascenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers