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Emesene
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Émésène émésène
English
Etymology 1
From en la Emesēnus, from en grc Ἐμεσηνός.
Alternative forms
en Emisene
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛməˌsiːn/ UK
en /ˌɛməˈsiːn/ US
en iːn 3
Adjective
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Of or pertaining to Emesa or its region.
en Emesan Emesenian
en 2005 The Middle East Under Rome Maurice Sartre 77 0674016831 This association may be explained by the kinship between the Emesene gods and those of Baalbek.
en 2011 Lion of the Sun: Warrior of Rome Harry Sidebottom 1590208722 The Emesene guardsman's blade sparked off the marble.
en 2016 Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire Warwick Ball 1317296346 But the names were presumably popular Emesene ones and may not necessarily refer to the royal family, despite the names' close associations with both the ruling dynasty and the Emesene Sun cult.
Translations
of or pertaining to Emesa or its region
Bulgarian: bg емески
Czech: cs emeský
Finnish: fi emesalainen
French: fr émésénien, fr émésène, fr émésien
German: de Emesener, de emesenisch, de Emeser
Hungarian: hu emeszai
Italian: it emeseno
Latin: la Emesēnus
Macedonian: mk емески
Polish: pl emeseński
Russian: ru эме́сский
Ukrainian: uk емеський
Noun
en historic A person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa or its region.
en Emesan Emesenian
en 1854 A history of the church from A.D. 322 to the death of Theodore of Mopsuestia, A.D. 427 Theodoret (Bishop of Cyrrhus.); Evagrius (Scholasticus) And Aurelius Antoninus, the Emesene, was he not slaughtered together with his mother?
en 1939 The Cambridge Ancient History - Volume 12 John Bagnell Bury; Stanley Arthur Cook; Frank E. Adcock 54 But though the fiscus was put in charge of an Emesene of low character, the confiscations which Dio complains of the increased exaction of crown gold", and the general disorder into which the imperial finances fell may have been due less to the rapacity or incompetence of officials than to the foolish liberality by which the Emperor sought to win popular applause.
en 2002 Septimius Severus: The African Emperor Anthony R Birley 1134707452 A prominent Emesene, who may well have been a kinsman of Julia, was the victim, one Julius Alexander.
Translations
a person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa or its region
Bulgarian: bg
French: fr Émésénien m, fr Émésénienne f fr Émésène m f, fr Émésien m, fr Émésienne f
German: de Emesener m, de Emesenerin f, de Emeser m, de Emeserin f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Ἐμεσηνός m
Italian: it emeseno m, it emesena f
Etymology 2
From en grc Ἐμεσηνή.
Pronunciation
en iːni 4
Proper noun
en historical A region in Syria along the middle and upper section of the Orontes river, between Epiphaneia to the north and Maurikiopolis to the south.
en 1990 Josephus and Judaean Politics Seth Schwartz 110 9004092307 Here Remy notes that four kings received ornamenta, the three here mentioned and Sohaemus of Emesene.
en 2001 Hellenic Religion and Christianization: C. 370-529 Frank R. Trombley 150 0391041215 Yet the question remains: how typical of conditions in Mount Lebanon and the Emesene was Abraames' experience?
en Barbara Levick Julia Domna: Syrian Empress 2007 All 713 inscriptions from the region of Emesene are in Greek, including funerary monuments. Routledge 11 https://books.google.fr/books?id=BjkfKsCttrkC&pg=PA11
Derived terms
en Emesenian
Translations
region in Syria
Bulgarian: bg
French: fr Émésène f
German: de Emesene f
Italian: it Emesene f
en Demonyms
German
Proper noun
f.article
de <<ancient region>> in modern <<c/Syria>>, surrounding Emesa (modern Homs) Emesene
de 2001 Rom und das Reich in der Hohen Kaiserzeit 421 https://books.google.fr/books?id=d-Zwr-ROlrwC Das Umland war zwar arm [...], doch Palmyra konnte aufgrund seiner außergewöhlichen Lage die gesamte syrische Wüste zwischen der Emesene und dem Euphrat mit seinen Reitern kontrollieren und in diesem Gebiet die Sicherheit der Reisenden gewährleisten.
Declension
f.article.sg
Derived terms
de Emesener
de emesenisch
Italian
it:
Proper noun
f
en Emesene (region)
Derived terms
it emeseniano
it emeseniana
Latin
Adjective
la adjective form Emesēne
la Emesēnus voc m s