Berenice
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Berenice f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Campanulaceae – endemic to Reunion.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (genus): Berenice arguta - sole accepted species
References
[edit]- Campanulaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Berenice on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Berenice on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Berenice at The Plant List
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Berenice
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, notably of ancient queens of Egypt.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Berenice f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Berenice
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /be.reˈniː.keː/, [bɛrɛˈniːkeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/, [bereˈniːt͡ʃe]
Proper noun
[edit]Berenīcē f sg (genitive Berenīcēs); first declension
- A female name, famously held by:
- Berenice III of Egypt, queen of Egypt
- Berenice of Cilicia, a Jewish queen
- A city upon the Red Sea founded by Ptolemy II
- A city of Cyrenaica, now Benghazi
- A city in Cilicia
- A town of Arabia situated not far from Eilat
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ 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
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Berenīcē, from Ancient Greek Βερενῑ́κη (Berenī́kē). Doublet of Verônica.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Berenice f
- a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Berenice
- Translingual terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Translingual terms derived from Ancient Macedonian
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual proper nouns
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- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Macedonian
- English doublets
- English 3-syllable words
- English 4-syllable words
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Macedonian
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/itʃe
- Rhymes:Italian/itʃe/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian given names
- Italian female given names
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 4-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
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- la:Turkey
- la:Egypt
- la:Cities in Libya
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Portuguese female given names from Ancient Greek