emesene
/ˌɛməˈsiːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Emesa or its region.
noun
A person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa or its region.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "A prominent Emesene, who may well have been a kinsman of Julia, was the victim, one Julius Alexander."
Etymology
From Latin Emesēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνός (Emesēnós).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Emesēnus, Ἐμεσηνός, Ἐμεσηνή
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɛməˈsiːn/
- British English: /ˈɛməˌsiːn/