# 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
* 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: /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: /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: /be.reˈniː.keː/, [bɛrɛˈniːkeː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /be.reˈni.t͡ʃe/, [bereˈniːt͡ʃe]

### 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 (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
| Nominative | Berenīcē |
| Genitive | Berenīcēs |
| Dative | Berenīcae |
| Accusative | Berenīcēn |
| Ablative | Berenīcē |
| Vocative | Berenīcē |
| Locative | Berenīcae |

#### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /be.ɾeˈni.si/
* (Brazil) IPA: /be.ɾeˈni.si/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /be.ɾeˈni.se/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨ.ɾɨˈni.sɨ/

### Proper noun

Berenice f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Berenice