Cyrene

== English == === Alternative forms === Kyrene === Etymology === From Latin Cȳrēnē, from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē), of uncertain origin. Classical sources considered the Thessalian demigod the etymon for the Libyan city. Modern scholars variously derive the name from the Libyan spring Κύρα (Kúra) or, noting the myth attested before the spring or city, consider an existing Proto-Berber name to have been conflated with the Thessalian myths by early Greek colonists. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /saɪˈɹiːni/ Rhymes: -iːni === Proper noun === Cyrene (Greek mythology) A Thessalian princess and huntress demigod, companion of Artemis and lover of Apollo. (historical) A former city near Shahhat, Libya. ==== Holonyms ==== Cyrenaica ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Cȳrēnae === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κῡρήνη (Kūrḗnē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kyːˈreː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈrɛː.ne] === Proper noun === Cȳrēnē f sg (genitive Cȳrēnēs); first declension Cyrene (a city in Libya, now Kuren) (Greek mythology) Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Aristaeus) (Greek mythology) Cyrene (a nymph, mother of Idmon) Cyrene (a fountain in Thessaly) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: Cyrene Portuguese: Cirena === 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 “Cyrene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Cyrene”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “Cyrene”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Cyrene f pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Cirene