Cyrene
See also: Cyrène
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɪˈɹiːni/
- Rhymes: -iːni
Proper noun
Cyrene
- (historical) an Ancient Greek colony in North Africa near the coast of Mediterranean Sea in the Cyrenaica region of present-day Libya.
- Holonym: Cyrenaica
Related terms
- Cyrenaica
- Cyrenian
Translations
an Ancient Greek colony in North Africa
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Latin
Alternative forms
- Cȳrēnae
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κῡρήνη (Kūrḗnē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kyːˈreː.neː/, [kyːˈreːneː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈre.ne/, [t͡ʃiˈrɛːne]
Proper noun
Cȳrēnē f sg (genitive Cȳrēnēs); first declension
- Cyrene (a city in Libya, now Kuren)
- Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Aristaeus)
- Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Idmon)
- Cyrene (a fountain in Thessaly)
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cȳrēnē |
Genitive | Cȳrēnēs |
Dative | Cȳrēnae |
Accusative | Cȳrēnēn |
Ablative | Cȳrēnē |
Vocative | Cȳrēnē |
Locative | Cȳrēnae |
Derived terms
- Cȳrēnēnsis
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
Portuguese
Proper noun
Cyrene f
- Obsolete spelling of Cirena (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).