Emesene

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˈɛməˌsiːn/ / /ˌɛməˈsiːn/

Etymology: From Latin Emesēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνός (Emesēnós).

Of or pertaining to Emesa or its region.
“This association may be explained by the kinship between the Emesene gods and those of Baalbek.”
“The Emesene guardsman's blade sparked off the marble.”

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνή (Emesēnḗ).

A region in Syria along the middle and upper section of the Orontes river, between Epiphaneia to the north and Maurikiopolis to the south.
“Here Remy notes that four kings received ornamenta, the three here mentioned and Sohaemus of Emesene.”
“Yet the question remains: how typical of conditions in Mount Lebanon and the Emesene was Abraames' experience?”

Etymology: From Latin Emesēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνός (Emesēnós).

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa or its region.
“And Aurelius Antoninus, the Emesene, was he not slaughtered together with his mother?”
“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.”