Berenice

See also: Bérénice

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

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae endemic to Reunion.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

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/

Proper noun

Berenice

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.

Derived terms

Translations

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

Proper noun

Berenice f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Berenice

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Berenīcē f sg (genitive Berenīcēs); first declension

  1. A female name, famously held by:
    1. Berenice III of Egypt, queen of Egypt
    2. Berenice of Cilicia, a Jewish queen
  2. A city upon the Red Sea founded by Ptolemy II
  3. A city of Cyrenaica, now Benghazi
  4. A city in Cilicia
  5. 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
  • 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.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ɾeˈni.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /be.ɾeˈni.se/

Proper noun

Berenice f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Berenice
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