Cyrene

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See also: Cyrène

English

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Etymology

From Latin Cyrene, from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē), of uncertain origin. Classical sources considered the Thessalian demigod the etymon for the Libyan city. Modern scholars variously derive the name from the Libyan spring Κύρα (Kúra) or, noting the myth attested before the spring or city, consider an existing Proto-Berber name to have been conflated with the Thessalian myths by early Greek colonists.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cyrene

  1. (Greek mythology) A Thessalian princess and huntress demigod, companion of Artemis and lover of Apollo.
  2. (historical) A former city near Shahhat, Libya.

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κῡρήνη (Kūrḗnē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cȳrēnē f sg (genitive Cȳrēnēs); first declension

  1. Cyrene (a city in Libya, now Kuren)
  2. Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Aristaeus)
  3. Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Idmon)
  4. Cyrene (a fountain in Thessaly)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Cȳrēnē
genitive Cȳrēnēs
dative Cȳrēnae
accusative Cȳrēnēn
ablative Cȳrēnē
vocative Cȳrēnē
locative Cȳrēnae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Cyrene
  • Portuguese: Cirena

References

  • “Cȳrēnē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Cȳrēnē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Cyrene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “Cyrene”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Cyrene”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cyrene f

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cirena.
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