Πυρήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said by Herodotus and Pliny to be from Celtic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /pyˈri.ni/ → /piˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyː.rɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈre̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.ni/

Proper noun

Πῡρήνη • (Pūrḗnē) f (genitive Πῡρήνης); first declension

1. the Pyrenees mountains

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πῡρήνη; τῆς Πῡρήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πῡρήνη hē Pūrḗnē
Genitive	τῆς Πῡρήνης tês Pūrḗnēs
Dative	τῇ Πῡρήνῃ têi Pūrḗnēi
Accusative	τὴν Πῡρήνην tḕn Pūrḗnēn
Vocative	Πῡρήνη Pūrḗnē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πῡρηναῖᾰ (Pūrēnaîa)
• Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos)

Descendants

• Aragonese: Perinés
• Basque: Pirinioak
• Catalan: Pirineus
• English: Pyrenees
• French: Pyrénées
• Greek: Πυρήνη (Pyríni)
• Latin: Pȳrēnē
• Occitan: Pirenèus
• Spanish: Pirineos

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
• Πυρήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette