Palmyrene en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpæl.mɪˌɹiːn/ (UK)
- /ˌpæl.mɚˈiːn/ (US)
- /pælˈmaɪ.ɹiːn/ (UK)
- /ˌpæl.maɪˈɹiːn/ (US)
Etymology
From Latin Palmȳrēnus, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνός (Palmurēnós). By surface analysis, Palmyra + -ene.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena.
This cave housed an extended Palmyrene family, as indicated by the script used in some of the inscriptions and by some of the names of the interned.
2002, Tal Ilan, Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity, Part IV: The Eastern Diaspora 330 BCE-650 CE, Mohr Siebeck, page 33:From Rome came the legend of the twins Romulus and Remus being suckled by a she-wolf, illustrated on a battered relief found in the Palmyrene temple of Bel;
1986, Malcolm A. R. Colledge, “The Parthian Period”, in Iconography of Religions, Section XIV: Iran, Fascicle 3, E. J. Brill, page 26:The contrast between the deterrent lion with open mouth and luxurious mane and the peaceful antelope is striking, so more since the antelope is represented in profile while the lion, on the contrary, fully obeys the artistic law of frontality which is one of the most characteristic features of Palmyrene art.² Only early examples of Palmyrene sculpture from the first century B.C. and the beginning of the first century A.D. still show representations of human beings in profile.
1982, Han J. W. Drijvers, “Sanctuaries and Social Safety: The Iconography of Divine Peace in Hellenistic Syria”, in Visible Religion: Annual for Religious Iconography, Volume 1: Commemorative Figures, E. J. Brill, page 65:
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(not-comparable) Relating to the Palmyrene dialect or script
An isolated ostracon has turned up in Germany,² but otherwise there is nothing comparable to the geographic spread of the Nabataean and, above all, the Palmyrene inscriptions, the latter spanning from South Shields (in northern England) to Soqotra.
2009, Sebastian Brock, “Chapter 11: Edessene Syriac inscriptions in late antique Syria”, in Hannah M. Cotton, Robert G. Hoyland, Jonathan J. Price, David J. Wasserstein, editors, From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East, Cambridge University Press, page 289:The reverse presents to our view a ſtrange fort of inſtrument, or machine, which perhaps may be imagined to repreſent a key, beſides ſome traces of characters in a great measure defaced, and, if I am not vaſtly miſtaken, four intire Palmyrene letters.
1757, John Swinton, “Diſſertation upon a Parthian coin, with Characters on the Reverſe reſembling thoſe of the Palmyrenes”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume 29, page 593:The names of the deities retain their Palmyrene form in both the Palmyrene and Greek versions.
2003, James Noel Adams, Bilingualism and the Latin Language, Cambridge University Press, page 270:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmirene | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (18)
ru пальми́рский (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · de palmyrisch (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · sv palmyrensk (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · pt palmireno (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · de palmyrenisch (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · grc Παλμυρηνός (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · pl palmyreński (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · cs palmýrský (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · fr palmyrien (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · it palmireno (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · de Palmyrener (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · fr palmyrène (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · de Palmyrer (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · fi palmyralainen (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · es palmireno (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · bg палмирски (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · fr palmyrénien (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) · la Palmȳrēnus (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena)