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Palmyrene

Syllables: Pal·my·rene/ˈpæl.mɪˌɹiːn/US/ˌpæl.mɚˈiːn/

Palmyrene adjective: of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena. Also the alternative form of Palmyrena.

Adjective

Palmyrene (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena.
    • 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...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...
    • 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
  2. Relating to the Palmyrene dialect or script
    • 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...
    • 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

Noun

Palmyrene (plural Palmyrenes)

  1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena.
    • The importance of the Palmyrenes was as merchants, and it is as merchants that they become known to us in our earliest Roman reference.1995, Richard Stoneman, Palmyra and Its Empire: Zenobia's Revolt Against Rome, University of Michigan Press, page 31
    • For in the course of the campaign the Roman provincial capital of Bostra fell to the Palmyrenes – whether by accident or design - along with a Roman force.2000, Warwick Ball, Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 80

Proper noun

Palmyrene

  1. An extinct Western Aramaic dialect.
    • The first panel is a bilingual text in Greek and Palmyrene, the second entirely in Palmyrene, and the third and fourth entirely in Greek.1989, Jean-Marie Dentzer, Winfried Orthmann, Archéologie et histoire de la Syrie, page 74
    • In one such inscription, Odaenathus is referred to in Palmyrene simply as Ras Tadmor without any indicators of Roman rank.2003, Gary K. Young, Rome's Eastern Trade, page 209

Also used as

Palmyrene is also the alternative form of Palmyrena.

Examples of Palmyrene in a sentence

  • 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:
  • There is no surviving contemporary account of the war between the Palmyrenes and the Emperor Aurelian.2008, Pat Southern, Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen, Continuum Books, page 131:
  • The auxiliaries also occasionally left behind bilingual dedications in Palmyrene with Greek or Latin.2017, Kyle H. Keimer, Gillan Davis, Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East:

Synonyms of Palmyrene

Forms of Palmyrene

Adjective
alternative formPalmirene
Noun
pluralPalmyrenes

Origin of Palmyrene

From Latin Palmȳrēnus, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνός (Palmurēnós). By surface analysis, Palmyra + -ene.

From Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).

Questions about Palmyrene

What does Palmyrene mean?
Palmyrene means of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena.
How do you use Palmyrene in a sentence?
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.
What part of speech is Palmyrene?
Palmyrene can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Palmyrene?
Palmyrene is pronounced /ˈpæl.mɪˌɹiːn/ (UK).

Words near Palmyrene in the dictionary

  1. Palmyran
  2. Palmyrans
  3. palmyras
  4. Palmyrean
  5. Palmyrena
  6. Palmyrene
  7. Palmyrenean
  8. Palmyreneans
  9. Palmyrenes
  10. Palmyrenian
  11. Palmyrenians

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