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|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[derivation]]; [[Cyrene]], a [[region]] of [[Africa]]: [[Cyrene]].
|strgr=of [[uncertain]] [[derivation]]; [[Cyrene]], a [[region]] of [[Africa]]: [[Cyrene]].
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|txtha=Κυρηνης, ἡ, [[Cyrene]], a [[large]] and [[very]] [[flourishing]] [[city]] of [[Libya]] Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, [[about]] 11Roman miles from the [[sea]]. Among its inhabitants were [[great]] numbers of Jews, whom [[Ptolemy]] I. had brought [[thither]], and invested [[with]] the rights of citizens: BB. DD., [[under]] the [[word]]).
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Transliteration A: Kyrḗnē Transliteration B: Kyrēnē Transliteration C: Kyrini Beta Code: *kurh/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Cyrene, Hdt.4.162, etc.:—Adj. Κυρηναῖος, α, ον, ib. 199, etc. [ῠ in Hes.Fr.128.2, Pi.P.4.2, al., Call.Ap.73, 94; ῡ Ar. Th.98, A.R.2.500.]

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

Κυρήνη: ἡ, ἑλληνικὴ ἀποικία ἐν Ἀφρικῇ, Ἡρόδ. 4. 162 κἑξ.˙ οἱ κάτοικοι ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ Κυρηναῖοι, καὶ ἡ χώρα ἡ Κυρηναία (Λατ. Cyrenaïca), Ἡρόδ. 4. 199, κτλ. Ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ῡ˙ ἀλλὰ ῠ παρ’ Ἡσ. Ἀποσπ. 35. 2, Καλλ. εἰς Ἀπόλλ. 72. 93, Catull. 7. 4.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
Cyrène, colonie grecque d’Afrique.
Étymologie:.

English (Strong)

of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa: Cyrene.

English (Thayer)

Κυρηνης, ἡ, Cyrene, a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11Roman miles from the sea. Among its inhabitants were great numbers of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought thither, and invested with the rights of citizens: BB. DD., under the word).