Berenice

Translingual edit

Berenice arguta.

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

IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrəˈniːs/, /ˌbɛrəˈniːsi/, /bɜrˈniːs/, /ˌbɛrəˈnaɪsi/

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

female given name

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

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

IPA^(key): /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/
Rhymes: -itʃe
Hyphenation: Be‧re‧nì‧ce

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) 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:
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 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
→ 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 edit

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ɾɨˈni.sɨ/

Proper noun edit

Berenice f

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