Cyrene

See also: Cyrène

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /saɪˈɹiːni/
Rhymes: -iːni

Proper noun

Cyrene

(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

Translations

an Ancient Greek colony in North Africa

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

Cyrene (a city in Libya, now Kuren)
Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Aristaeus)
Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Idmon)
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

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Cirena.

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