Pȳrēnaeus¹

Meaning

1. adjectivePyrenean
   Aquītānia ā Garumnā flūmine ad Pȳrēnaeōs montēs et eam partem Ōceanī quae est ad Hispāniam pertinet...Aquitania extends from the Garonne river to the Pyrenaean mountains and that part of the ocean which reaches Iberia...c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.1

Declension

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

superare Alpes, Pyrenaeum, Apenninum(both always in the sing.)

to cross the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines.

Origins

1. Ancient Greek Πῡρήνη(Pūrḗnē)
2. Ancient Greek -α-(-a-)
3. LatinPȳrēnaeus

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek -αῖος (-aîos) Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos)bor. Latin Pȳrēnaeus Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos), from Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē, “Pyrene”) + -αῖος (-aîos). By surface analysis, Pȳrēn(ē) (“Pyrene”) + -aeus.

Meaning

1. Pyrenees; ellipsis of Pȳrēnaeus mōns
   […] haec una inter Pyrenaeum et Gades statio […]27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.43.8
   Hasdrubal iam ante quam dimicaret pecunia rapta elephantisque praemissis, quam plurimos poterat de fuga excipiens praeter Tagum flumen ad Pyrenaeum tendit.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 27.19.1

Declension

Origins

1. Ancient Greek Πῡρήνη(Pūrḗnē)
2. Ancient Greek -α-(-a-)
3. LatinPȳrēnaeus

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek -αῖος (-aîos) Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos)bor. Latin Pȳrēnaeus Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos), from Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē, “Pyrene”) + -αῖος (-aîos). By surface analysis, Pȳrēn(ē) (“Pyrene”) + -aeus.