Δαμασκόν (Damaskon)

Δαμασκόν is an Ancient Greek form of Δαμασκός, meaning “Damaskos — the capital city of Syria, both in ancient and modern times, though its preeminence was…”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 57 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Alexander 21.4: … γεν οὔτε ἄλλην ἔγνω γυναῖκα πρὸ γάμου, πλὴν Βαρσίνης. αὕτη δὲ, μετὰ τὴν Μέμνονος τελευτὴν χήρα γενομένη, περὶ Δαμασκὸν ἐλήφθη. πεπαιδευμένη δὲ παιδείαν Ἑλληνικήν καὶ τὸν τρόπον ἐπιεικὴς οὖσα καὶ πατρὸς Ἀρταβάζου γεγονότος ἐκ βασ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.