Βερενίκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Φερενῑ́κη (Pherenī́kē) – Attic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Macedonian Βερενῑ́κη (Berenī́kē). Doublet of Φερενῑ́κη (Pherenī́kē).
The name of the city in Libya, formerly called Εὐεσπερίδες (Euesperídes) or Ἑσπερίς (Hesperís), originated when it was refounded following the marriage of Ptolemy III of the Ptolemaic Kingdom to Berenice II of Egypt, who was born in the region of Cyrenaica.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.re.nǐː.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.reˈni.ke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.reˈni.ci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.reˈni.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.reˈni.ci/

Proper noun

Βερενῑ́κη • (Berenī́kē) f (genitive Βερενῑ́κης); first declension

a female given name from Ancient Macedonian, equivalent to English Berenice, Bernice, or Veronica
Berenice, now Benghazi (a city in Cyrenaica, Libya)
- 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 17.3.20–21
Berenice, now بَرْنِيس‎ (barnīs) (a city in Upper Egypt) on the Red Sea 280km east of Aswan - Berenice Troglodytica
Berenice (a town in the northeastern coast of modern Djibouti) - Βερενίκη ἐπὶ Δειρῆς
Berenice (a town on the coast of modern Sudan) - Βερενίκη Πάνχρυσος
Berenice, now Aqaba (a city in modern Jordan)
Synonyms: Αἴλανα (Aílana), Αἴλανος (Aílanos)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βερενῑ́κη; τῆς Βερενῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βερενῑ́κη hē Berenī́kē
Genitive	τῆς Βερενῑ́κης tês Berenī́kēs
Dative	τῇ Βερενῑ́κῃ têi Berenī́kēi
Accusative	τὴν Βερενῑ́κην tḕn Berenī́kēn
Vocative	Βερενῑ́κη Berenī́kē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Βερενίκη (Vereníki)
→ Egyptian: bjrwnygꜣt
→ Hebrew: ברניקי‎ (bereniqi)
→ Latin: Berenīcē (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Late Latin: Veronīca (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Koine Greek: Βερενίκη (Bereníkē)
- → Latin: Bernice
  - → English: Bernice