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”).

Proper noun

Berenice f

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

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/

Proper noun

Berenice

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

female given name

French: Bérénice (fr) f
Irish: Beirnicé f
Italian: Berenice (it) f
Russian: Верони́ка (ru) f (Veroníka)

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

a female given name, equivalent to English Berenice

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /be.reˈniː.keː/, [bɛrɛˈniːkeː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/, [bereˈniːt͡ʃe]

Proper noun

Berenīcē f sg (genitive Berenīcēs); first declension

A female name, famously held by:
1. Berenice III of Egypt, queen of Egypt
2. 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

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

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/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ɾɨˈni.sɨ/

Proper noun

Berenice f

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