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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.
(α). 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.—
(β). 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).
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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