Pyrenaeus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πῡρηναῖος (Pūrēnaîos). By surface analysis, Pȳrēnē +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pyː.reːˈnae̯.us/, [pyːreːˈnäe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pi.reˈne.us/, [pireˈnɛːus]

Noun

Pȳrēnaeus (feminine Pȳrēnaea, neuter Pȳrēnaeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Pyrenean
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:

     Aquītānia ā Garumnā flūmine ad Pȳrēnaeōs mōntēs et eam partem Ōceanī quae est ad Hispāniam pertinet...

     Aquitania extends from the Garonne river to the Pyrenaean mountains and that part of the ocean which reaches Iberia...

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Pȳrēnaeus	Pȳrēnaea	Pȳrēnaeum		Pȳrēnaeī	Pȳrēnaeae	Pȳrēnaea
genitive	Pȳrēnaeī	Pȳrēnaeae	Pȳrēnaeī		Pȳrēnaeōrum	Pȳrēnaeārum	Pȳrēnaeōrum
dative	Pȳrēnaeō	Pȳrēnaeae	Pȳrēnaeō		Pȳrēnaeīs
accusative	Pȳrēnaeum	Pȳrēnaeam	Pȳrēnaeum		Pȳrēnaeōs	Pȳrēnaeās	Pȳrēnaea
ablative	Pȳrēnaeō	Pȳrēnaeā	Pȳrēnaeō		Pȳrēnaeīs
vocative	Pȳrēnaee	Pȳrēnaea	Pȳrēnaeum		Pȳrēnaeī	Pȳrēnaeae	Pȳrēnaea

Derived terms

• Pȳrēnaeī montēs

References

• “Pyrenaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Pyrenaeus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “Pyrenaeus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers