Damascus

a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning

Damascus
DAMASCUS(Δαμασκός: Eth. Δαμασκηνός: the territory ἡ Δαμασκηνή), the capital city of Syria, both in a...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Damascus
Dămascus (-os, Luc 3, 215; cf. Prob. II. p. 1462 fin. P., p. 121 Lindem.), i, f., Δαμασκός, Heb. D...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Damascus
·noun A city of Syria. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language