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proper noun · femininefirst declension

Hyriē

Hyriē f sg (genitive Hyriēs)

Meaning

  1. A lake, and a town situated by it, in Boeotia; Hyria.
    Ille indignatus 'cupies dare' dixit et alto desiluit saxo; cuncti cecidisse putabant: factus olor niveis pendebat in aere pennis; at genetrix Hyrie, servati nescia, flendoScorned, [Cycnus] said 'You'll want to deliver [the bull]' and from a tall rock he threw himself, all sure of his death, but in mid-air, made into a swan, by pearly feathers stood. His mother Hyrie, however, not knowing him saved, weeping wasted away and was turned into a lake.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 7.377–381
  2. The ancient former name of Zakynthos, a Greek island on the Ionian sea.
    c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.12Between Same and the coast of Achaia lies Zakynthos, distinguished by its fine town and remarkable for the fertility of its soil; it was at one time called Hyrie. It is 25 miles from the southern part of Cephallenia.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeHyriē—
genitiveHyriēs—
dativeHyriae—
accusativeHyriēn—
ablativeHyriē—
vocativeHyriē—

Hўrĭē, ēs, f., = Ὑρίη,
I. a lake, and town situated by it, in Bœotia, Ov. M. 7, 271; 380; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26.

Origins

From the Ancient Greek Ὑρίη (Huríē).

Quick answers

What does Hyriē mean in Latin?
Hyriē, a proper noun, means “A lake, and a town situated by it, in Boeotia; Hyria.; The ancient former name of Zakynthos, a Greek island on the Ionian sea.”.
What is the genitive of Hyriē?
The genitive singular is Hyriēs. Hyriē is feminine, first declension.