Pyrene

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.
   (a)    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.—
   (b)    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).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Pȳrēnē,¹⁵ ēs, f. (Πυρήνη), (Pўr- Tib. 1, 7, 9 )
1 une des 50 filles de Danaüs : Hyg. Fab. 170
2 fille de Bébryx, aimée d’Hercule, qui donna son nom aux Pyrénées où elle fut ensevelie : Sil. 3, 420