Cyrene

See also: Cyrène

English

Alternative forms

• Kyrene

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

• IPA^(key): /saɪˈɹiːni/
• Rhymes: -iːni

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.

Holonyms

• Cyrenaica

Related terms

• Cyrenaic
• Cyrenaica
• Cyrenaican
• Cyrenaicism
• Cyrenean
• Cyrenian

 

Translations

ancient Shahhat, Libya

• Catalan: Cirene f
• French: Cyrène (fr) f
• Greek: Κυρήνη (el) f (Kyríni)

  Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη f (Kurḗnē)

• Indonesian: Kirene
• Italian: Cirene f
• Japanese: キュレネ
• Korean: 키레네 (Kirene)
• Latin: Cȳrēnē f
• Polish: Cyrena (pl)
• Portuguese: Cirene f, Cirena f
• Russian: Кире́на (ru) f (Kiréna)
• Slovak: Kyréné, Kyréna
• Spanish: Cirene f
• Swedish: Kyrene, Cyrene
• Turkish: Kirene

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cȳrēnae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κῡρήνη (Kūrḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kyːˈreː.neː/, [kyːˈreːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈre.ne/, [t͡ʃiˈrɛːne]

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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cȳrēnē
Genitive	Cȳrēnēs
Dative	Cȳrēnae
Accusative	Cȳrēnēn
Ablative	Cȳrēnē
Vocative	Cȳrēnē
Locative	Cȳrēnae

Derived terms

• Cȳrēnēnsis

 

Related terms

• Cyrenaicus

 

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 (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Cirena.