LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Pȳrēnē

Pȳrēnē f sg (genitive Pȳrēnēs)
Classical[pyːˈreː.neː]Ecclesiastical[piˈrɛː.ne]

Meaning

  1. GreekRomanPyrene (a daughter of King Bebryx who was loved or violated by Heracles; after fleeing into the wilderness and dying, she was buried by him, and the Pyrenees were said to be named after her)
  2. the Pyrenees

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativePȳrēnē—
genitivePȳrēnēs—
dativePȳrēnae—
accusativePȳrēnēn—
ablativePȳrēnē—
vocativePȳrēnē—

Pȳrēnē (y scanned short, Tib. 1, 7, 10), ēs, f., = Πυρηνη.
I. One of the fifty daughters of Danaüs, Hyg. Fab. 170.—
II. Daughter of Bebryx, beloved by Hercules, and buried upon the mountains called after her name; cf. Sil. 3, 420 sq.—
2. Transf.
a. The Pyrenæan Mountains, the Pyrenees, Tib. 1, 7, 9; Luc. 1, 689; Sil. 1, 487: Pyrenes promunturium, Liv. 26, 19.—
b. Spain, Sil. 15, 451; 16, 247: Pyrenes populi, id. 1, 190.—Hence,
1. Pȳrēnaeus (y scanned short, Luc. 4, 83), a, um, adj.
(a). Of or belonging to Pyrene, Pyrenæan: Pyrenaei montes or Pyrenaeus saltus, the Pyrenæan Mountains, the Pyrenees, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; id. B. C. 1, 37; 3, 19; Liv. 21, 23 sq.; Mel. 2, 5, 1; Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 71; Sil. 3, 415; Aus. Ep. 24, 69.—
(b). Of or belonging to the Pyrenees, Pyrenæan: nives, Luc. 4, 83: juvenci, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 406: Venus, who was worshipped on the Pyrenees, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 22.— Also, subst.: Pȳrēnaeum, i, n., Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18.—
2. Pȳrēnāĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pyrenees, Pyrenæan: nives, Aus. Urb. in Narbone, 13, 6 dub. (al. Pyrenaeis).

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πυρήνη (Purḗnē).

Descendants
  • EnglishPyrene
  • FrenchPyrènefrom Middle French Pyrene

Quick answers

What does Pȳrēnē mean in Latin?
Pȳrēnē, a proper noun, means “Pyrene (a daughter of King Bebryx who was loved or violated by Heracles; after fleeing into the wilderness and dying, she was buried by him, and the Pyrenees were said to be named after her); the Pyrenees”.
What is the genitive of Pȳrēnē?
The genitive singular is Pȳrēnēs. Pȳrēnē is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Pȳrēnē?
In classical Latin, [pyːˈreː.neː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [piˈrɛː.ne].