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 Category: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 ==== Berenice's Hair Berenice's Locks ==== Related terms ==== Bernice Veronica ==== Translations ==== == 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 === Bernīcē Beronīcē === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.rɛˈniː.keː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.reˈniː.t͡ʃe] === Proper noun === 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 ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Berenīcēus Berenīcis ==== 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 === === Proper noun === Berenice f a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Berenice