Pyrene

pyrene Pyrène pyrène English Pyrene (daughter of Bebryx) Etymology en la Pȳrēnē, from en grc Πυρήνη. Pronunciation en /paɪˈɹiːni/<ref:Py-re’ne 63> en iːni<s:3><ref:Py-re’ne 63> Proper noun en Q1509554 en Greek mythology Roman mythology A daughter of King Bebryx who was loved or violated by Heracles; after fleeing into the wilderness and dying, she was buried by him, and the Pyrenees were said to be named after her. en obsolete with “the” The Pyrenees. en w:William Camden Remaines Concerning Britaine Britaine Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Waterſon 1636 London 4 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_remaines-of-a-greater-wo_camden-william_1636/page/4/mode/2up?q=%22Pyrene+mountains%22 The power of the Kings more abſolute, than in moſt other kingdomes, their territories very large; for the Kings of England, beſide Ireland, have commanded from the Iſles of Orkenay, to the Pyrene Mountains, and are de jure,Kings of all France by deſcent. en 1878 William Smith (lexicographer) William Smith A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography 1 949 https://books.google.com/books?id=5Y2kmOuYBLgC&pg=PA949 The Pyrene (Πυρήνη) or Pyrenaei Montes were the boundary between Gallia and Iberia […] en 1879 Edward Herbert Bunbury A History of Ancient Geography Among the Greeks and Romans 1 Again it is from the Pyrene, which is a mountain towards the equinoctial setting (i.e. due west) in Celtica, that both the Istrus and the Tartessus flow; […] 399 https://books.google.com/books?id=6GYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399 Related terms en Pyrenean Pyrenees Translations daughter of Bebryx Q1509554 French: fr Pyrène f Middle French: frm Pyrene f Latin: la Pȳrēnē f References Latin Etymology la Pȳrēnē :bor grc:Πυρήνη + 1 Pronunciation Pȳrēnē Proper noun Pȳrēnē<1> la Pyrene Q1509554 the Pyrenees la Mountains la Pȳrēnaei montes Declension Pȳrēnē<1> Related terms la Pȳrēnaeus<t:Pyrenean> Descendants en Pyrene 1 frm Pyrene Further reading Pȳrēnē Middle French Etymology From frm la Pȳrēnē, from frm grc Πυρήνη. Proper noun f frm Pyrene Q1509554 frm 1587 Histoire generale d’Espagne 22 https://books.google.com/books?id=jg0dLi7OwtkC&pg=PA22 Les Pyrenees, qui ont prins leur nom ou de leur embraſement, duquel cy deuant a eſté faict mention (car pyr en grec, c’eſt feu) ou des frequentes fouldres dont leurs poinctes ſont battues, ou bien (ſi on veut receuoir les fables) de la nymphe Pyrene, fille de Bebrix, que Hercules engroſſa paſſant par là, eſtendent leur principale maſſe depuis le temple de Venus, ou cap de Crux, iuſques à Bayone : [...] Descendants fr Pyrène