Damasus
Damasus is the Latin form of an ancient Greek name, remembered predominantly through Pope Saint Damasus I. It was he who commissioned Saint Jerome to revise the Latin biblical texts, leading to the renowned Vulgate. This is a distinguished and rare masculine name steeped in classical and Christian history.
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisAn ancient name of Greek origin meaning "tamer", "subduer", or "conqueror".
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Meno Damasus je latinizovanou podobou starogréckeho mena Δάμασος (Dámasos), odvodeného od slovesa δαμάζω (damazó) vo význame „krotiť“, „premáhať“ alebo „podrobovať si“. Meno sa preto vykladá ako „krotiteľ“ či „premožiteľ“.
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DAMASUS
100% identical to original formNo diacritics (ASCII)
Universal international spelling13 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Zápis bez diakritiky – 100 % zhodný s medzinárodnými pasmi, letenkami a cudzími klávesnicami.
- •Univerzálna výslovnosť – neobsahuje zhluky hlások náročné pre cudzincov.
- •Globálne rozšírené meno – má priame ekvivalenty vo viac než 9 svetových jazykoch.
Name days and calendars
Dates in Slovak and international calendarsV slovenskej výslovnosti sa meno vyslovuje [damasus]; podoba [damazus] zodpovedá výslovnosti slovenskej formy Damasus ovplyvnenej menom Damaz.
Grammar & Cases
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