Cyrene

See also: Cyrène

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cyrene

1. (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

• Catalan: Cirene f
• French: Cyrène (fr) f
• Indonesian: Kirene
• Italian: Cirene f
• Portuguese: Cirene, Cirena
• Russian: Кире́на (ru) f (Kiréna)
• Spanish: Cirene f
• Swedish: Kyrene, Cyrene

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

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

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

1. Obsolete spelling of Cirena (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).