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Palmyrene, n. and a.|ˈpælmɪriːn, pælˈmaɪriːn|
Also Palmyˈrenian.
[ad. L. Palmyrēn-us, f. Gr. Παλµύρα, L. Palmyra Palmyra.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.
b. The language and script in use at Palmyra.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Palmyra, its inhabitants, its language, or its script.
1609Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus' Roman Hist. 339 Praysing and extolling of her, as much as the Parthyans do Semiramis, ægypt Cleopatra..or the Palmyrenes Zenobia. 1609B. Jonson Masque of Queenes sig. E2v The ninth, in time, but equall in fame, and (the cause of it) vertue, was the chast Zenobia, Queene of the Palmyrenes. 1695E. Halley in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. XIX. 161 But the Palmyrenes being informed of the Design [of M. Antonius to plunder Palmyra], took care to prevent them, and so escaped Plunder. Ibid. 172, I have taken care to have the Stone purposely viewed, as also to get from thence the exact Figure of the Syrian or Palmyrene Characters thereon... By the help of these, compared with two others.., I hope we may be able, one day, to make out the Palmyrene Alphabet. 1753R. Wood Ruins of Palmyra 6 Odenathus, a Palmyrene,..made so proper a use of this situation..as to get the balance of power into his hands. Ibid. 25 The ancient inscriptions we found at Palmyra were all Greek, or Palmyrene, except one in Latin. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. xi. 309 The emperor [Aurelian], by his salutory edicts, recalled the fugitives, and granted a general pardon to all who..had been engaged in the service of the Palmyrenian queen. Ibid. 310 They..engaged the Palmyrenians in a laborious pursuit. 1875[see Nabatæan n. and a.]. 1886W. P. Dickson tr. Mommsen's Provinces Roman Empire II. ix. 96 Even in votive inscriptions which Palmyrenes set up to their native gods in Rome, and in tombs of Palmyrene soldiers that died in Africa or Britain, the Palmyrene rendering is added. 1900G. Bell Let. 20 May (1927) I. 108 As we drew near Palmyra, the hills were covered with the strangest buildings, great stone towers, four stories high, some more ruined and some less, standing together in groups or bordering the road. They are the famous Palmyrene tower tombs. 1932D. & T. Rice tr. Rostovtzeff's Caravan Cities v. 149 The external aspect of Palmyrene culture strikes the eye with its complexity and peculiarity. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet iv. 280 Cantineau considers the Syriac alphabet as related to the cursive Palmyrene, the former having been influenced by the latter thanks to the commercial activities of the Palmyrenians. 1957Encycl. Brit. XVII. 162/2 The Palmyrene princes cherished the idea of an independent empire of their own. Ibid. 163/2 The technical terms of municipal government are mostly Greek, transliterated into Palmyrene. 1963W. F. Albright Biblical Period from Abraham to Ezra i. 9 Nearly all..parallels come from Nabataean or Palmyrene, as well as later Syrian inscriptions. 1972P. M. Fraser Ptolemaic Alexandria I. i. 12 It was their destruction in the reign of Aurelian, at the time of the Palmyrene invasion, which led to the abandonment of Brucheion. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Mar. 249/2 There is an interesting section discussing the scattered but far from negligible artistic traces left by Palmyrenes resident in partibus. |