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”).
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): /ˌbɛɹəˈniːs/, /ˌbɛɹəˈniːsi/, /bɜɹˈniːs/, /ˌbɛɹəˈnaɪsi/
Derived terms
- Berenice's Hair
- Berenice's Locks
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -itʃe
- Hyphenation: Be‧re‧nì‧ce
Latin
Alternative forms
- Bernīcē
- Beronīcē
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /be.reˈniː.keː/, [bɛrɛˈniːkeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/, [bereˈniːt͡ʃe]
Proper noun
Berenīcē f sg (genitive Berenīcēs); first declension
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
- → Occitan: Berenice
- → 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.