Pyrenaeus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos). By surface analysis, Pȳrēnē +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Noun

Pȳrēnaeus (feminine Pȳrēnaea, neuter Pȳrēnaeum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Pyrenean
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
      Aquītānia ā Garumnā flūmine ad Pȳrēnaeōs mōntēs et eam partem Ōceanī quae est ad Hispāniam pertinet...
      Aquitania extends from the Garonne river to the Pyrenaean mountains and that part of the ocean which reaches Iberia...

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Pȳrēnaeus Pȳrēnaea Pȳrēnaeum Pȳrēnaeī Pȳrēnaeae Pȳrēnaea
Genitive Pȳrēnaeī Pȳrēnaeae Pȳrēnaeī Pȳrēnaeōrum Pȳrēnaeārum Pȳrēnaeōrum
Dative Pȳrēnaeō Pȳrēnaeō Pȳrēnaeīs
Accusative Pȳrēnaeum Pȳrēnaeam Pȳrēnaeum Pȳrēnaeōs Pȳrēnaeās Pȳrēnaea
Ablative Pȳrēnaeō Pȳrēnaeā Pȳrēnaeō Pȳrēnaeīs
Vocative Pȳrēnaee Pȳrēnaea Pȳrēnaeum Pȳrēnaeī Pȳrēnaeae Pȳrēnaea

Derived terms

References
  • “Pyrenaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Pyrenaeus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • “Pyrenaeus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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