Berenice
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”).
Proper noun
Berenice f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – endemic to Reunion.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Campanulaceae - family; Campanuloideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Berenice arguta - sole accepted species
References
Campanulaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Berenice on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Berenice on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Berenice at The Plant List
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Doublet of Veronica.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˌbɛrəˈniːs/, /ˌbɛrəˈniːsi/, /bɜrˈniːs/, /ˌbɛrəˈnaɪsi/
Proper noun
Berenice
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.
Derived terms
- Berenice's Hair
- Berenice's Locks
Related terms
- Bernice
- Veronica
Translations
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”).
Proper noun
Berenice f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Berenice
Latin
Alternative forms
- Bernīcē
- Beronīcē
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.reˈniː.keː/, [bɛrɛˈniːkeː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/, [bereˈniːt͡ʃe]
Proper noun
Berenīcē f sg (genitive Berenīcēs); first declension
- A female name, famously held by:
- Berenice III of Egypt, queen of Egypt
- Berenice of Cilicia, a Jewish queen
- A city upon the Red Sea founded by Ptolemy II
- A city of Cyrenaica, now Benghazi
- A city in Cilicia
- A town of Arabia situated not far from Eilat
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Berenīcē |
| Genitive | Berenīcēs |
| Dative | Berenīcae |
| Accusative | Berenīcēn |
| Ablative | Berenīcē |
| Vocative | Berenīcē |
| Locative | Berenīcae |
Derived terms
- Berenīcēus
- Berenīcis
Descendants
- ⇒ Late Latin: Veronīca (see there for further descendants)
- → Basque: Berenize
- → Catalan: Berenice
- → Czech: Berenika
- → Dutch: Berenice
- → English: Berenice
- → Estonian: Berenike
- → Finnish: Berenike
- → French: Bérénice
- → Wolof: Berenis
- → German: Berenike
- → Hungarian: Bereniké
- → Irish: Beirnicé
- → Italian: Berenice
- → Norwegian: Berenike
- → Polish: Berenika
- → Portuguese: Berenice
- → Russian: Вереника (Verenika)
- → Spanish: Berenice
- → Swedish: Berenike
References
- “Berenice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Berenice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Berenice”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Berenīcē, from Ancient Greek Βερενῑ́κη (Berenī́kē). Doublet of Verônica.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ɾeˈni.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ɾeˈni.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.ɾɨˈni.s(ɨ)/
Proper noun
Berenice f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Berenice