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|Text=[[Κυρήνη]], ἡ.

[[Cyrenean]], [[Cyrenian]], [[of Cyrene]], adj.: [[Κυρηναῖος]].
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=Cyrene Cyrenes N F :: Cyrenae (pl.), town in north-west Libia, associated district including Crete
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|wketx=Cyrene (/saɪˈriːni/ sy-REE-nee; Ancient Greek: Κυρήνη, romanized: Kyrḗnē; Standard Arabic: شحات, romanized: Shaḥāt) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities, known as the pentapoleis, in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times. Located nearby is the ancient Necropolis of Cyrene. The traditional founder of the city was Battus the Lacedemonian, though the exact relationship between the fledgling city and other cities has led historians to question that narrative. Particularly, the idea that Thera was the sole "mother city" is disputed; and the relationship with other cities, such as Sparta and Samnium merchants, is unclear.
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{{Lewis
|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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Cȳrēnē</b>,¹⁴ es, f.,<br /><b>1</b> Cyrène [mère d’Aristée] : Virg. G. 4, 321<br /><b>2</b> ville, v. Cyrenæ.
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{{Georges
|georg=Cȳrēnē, ēs, u. Cȳrēnae, ārum, f. ([[Κυρήνη]]), I) die [[Hauptstadt]] [[von]] Cyrenaïka in Libyen, [[von]] Battos aus [[Thera]] erbaut, Geburtsort [[des]] Kallimachus (Solin. 27. § 44), [[Eratosthenes]] u. [[Aristippus]], [[berühmt]] [[durch]] [[Handel]], j. Ruinen [[von]] Grenneh, [[Form]] -ēne, Sall. Iug. 19, 3. [[Mela]] 1, 8, 2 (1. § 40). Iustin. 13, 7, 1. Sil. 8, 57. Augustin. serm. 46, 41: [[Form]] -ēnae, Cic. Planc. 13. Sall. hist. fr. 2, 39 (47). Solin. 27, 44. Catull. 7, 4. – Dav.: A) Cȳrēnaicus, a, um ([[Κυρηναϊκός]]), cyrenisch, Cyrenaica [[provincia]] od. [[Africa]], od. bl. Cyrenaica, die [[Provinz]] Cyrenaïka in Libyen, [[Mela]] u. Plin.; Cyr. [[philosophia]], die [[von]] [[Aristippus]] gegründete [[Philosophenschule]], Cic. (so [[auch]] [[disciplina]], Lact. epit. 39, 7); deren [[Anhänger]] Cyrenaici, Cic.: [[lacrima]] C., i.e. [[laser]], Scrib. – Nbf. Cȳrēnaeicus ([[nicht]] Cȳrēnēicus), a, um, cyrenäisch, [[provincia]] (s. vorh.), [[Mela]] 1, 8, 1 (1. § 39); subst., Cȳrēnaeicī, ōrum, m., die Einw. der [[Provinz]] Cyrenaïka, [[Mela]] 1, 7, 6 (1. § 38); vgl. [[Haupt]] opusc. 3, 536. – B) Cȳrēnaeus, a, um (Κυρηναιος), cyrenäisch, aus [[Cyrene]], [[urbs]], [[Cyrene]], Sil.: aquae, das [[von]] Kallimachus getrunkene, Prop.: subst., Cȳrēnaeus, ī, m., der Cyrenäer, Augustin. serm. 46, 41. – Cȳrēnaeī, ōrum, m., die [[Anhänger]] der cyrenäischen [[Philosophie]], die Cyrenäer, Cic. – C) Cȳrēnēnsis, e, cyrenensisch, Plaut. u. Cic.: subst., Cȳrēnēnsis, is, m., [[ein]] Einw. [[von]] [[Cyrene]], [[ein]] Cyrenenser, Augustin. serm. 46, 41: Plur. Cȳrēnēnsēs, ium, m., die Einw. [[von]] [[Cyrene]], die Cyrenenser, Sall. Iug. 79. § 3 u. 5. – II) Cȳrēnē, ēs, f., die [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Hypseus]], Sohnes [[des]] Peneios, [[Mutter]] [[des]] Aristäos [[von]] [[Apollo]], Verg. georg. 4, 321 u. 354; vgl. Hyg. fab. 161.
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