Πυρήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said by Herodotus and Pliny to be from Celtic.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Πῡρήνη • (Pūrḗnē) f (genitive Πῡρήνης); first declension

  1. the Pyrenees mountains

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Πῡρήνη; τῆς Πῡρήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Πῡρήνη
hē Pūrḗnē
Genitive τῆς Πῡρήνης
tês Pūrḗnēs
Dative τῇ Πῡρήνῃ
têi Pūrḗnēi
Accusative τὴν Πῡρήνην
tḕn Pūrḗnēn
Vocative Πῡρήνη
Pūrḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Πῡρηναῖᾰ (Pūrēnaîa)
  • Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos)

Descendants
  • Greek: Πυρήνη (Pyríni)
  • → Latin: Pȳrēnē

Further reading
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