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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1007.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1007.jpg}}]][[Κυρήνη]], ἡ.

<b class="b2">Of Cyrene</b>, adj.: Κυρηναῖος.
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|lshtext=<b>Cȳrēnē</b>: ēs, and Cȳrēnae, ārum, f.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[chief]] [[town]] of a [[province]] of the [[same]] [[name]] in [[Libya]], [[now]] Kuren, [[celebrated]] for its [[trade]], and as the birthplace of [[Callimachus]], [[Eratosthenes]], and [[Aristippus]], Mel. 1, 8, 2; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sall. J. 19, 3; Plaut. Rud. prol. 41; Cic. Planc. 5, 13; Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Sil. 8, 57; Cat. 7, 4; Sol. 27, 44.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Cȳrēnăĭcus, a, um, adj., Cyrenaic: [[provincia]], or absol.: Cȳrē-năĭca, ae, f., the [[province]] Cyrenaica, in [[Libya]], Mel. 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31 sq.; also Cyrenaica [[Africa]], id. ib. § 8: [[lacrima]], i. e. [[laser]], Scrib. Comp. 167; cf. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38 sq.: [[philosophia]], the [[school]] of [[philosophy]] founded by [[Aristippus]], Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62.—Subst.: Cȳrēnăĭci, ōrum, m., its adherents, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131; id. Tusc. 3, 13, 28; id. Off. 3, 33, 116 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Cȳrē-naeus, a, um, adj., of [[Cyrene]]: [[urbs]], i. e. [[Cyrene]], Sil. 8, 159: aquae, i. e. [[drunk]] by [[Callimachus]], Prop. 4 (5), 6, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: Cȳ-rēnaei, ōrum, m.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> The inhabitants of [[Cyrene]], Nep. Hann. 8, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The adherents of the Cyrenaic [[philosophy]] (cf. the preced.), Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Cȳrēnensis, e, adj., the [[same]]: [[senatus]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 8: populares, id. ib. 3, 2, 1: agri, Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 51: [[provincia]], Dig. 19, 2, 61.—In plur. subst.: Cȳrēnenses, ĭum, m., inhabitants of [[Cyrene]], Sall. J. 79, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 67, § 208; Tac. A. 3, 70.<br /><b>Cȳrēnē</b>: ēs, f., = [[Κυρήνη]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[nymph]], [[mother]] of Aristæus, Verg. G. 4, 376; 4, 354; Just. 13, 7.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[nymph]], [[mother]] of [[Idmon]], Hyg. Fab. 14.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[fountain]] in [[Thessaly]], Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 354.
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