Palmyrene
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A native or inhabitant of ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena. historical
"The importance of the Palmyrenes was as merchants, and it is as merchants that they become known to us in our earliest Roman reference."
- 1 Of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena. not-comparable
"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."
- 2 Relating to the Palmyrene dialect or script not-comparable
"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."
- 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."
- 2 Alternative form of Palmyrena. alt-of, alternative
"..., scituated between Palmyrene and Cœlosiria, in that Country or Province known to the Romans, ..."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin Palmȳrēnus, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνός (Palmurēnós). By surface analysis, Palmyra + -ene.
From Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
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