Βερενίκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Φερενῑ́κη (Pherenī́kē) – Attic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Macedonian Βερενῑ́κη (Berenī́kē). Doublet of Φερενῑ́κη (Pherenī́kē).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.re.nǐː.kɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bɛ.rɛˈni.ke/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.reˈni.ki/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.reˈni.ci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.reˈni.ci/

Proper noun

Βερενῑ́κη • (Berenī́kē) f (genitive Βερενῑ́κης); first declension

A female given name, equivalent to English Berenice

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βερενῑ́κη; τῆς Βερενῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βερενῑ́κη hē Berenī́kē
Genitive	τῆς Βερενῑ́κης tês Berenī́kēs
Dative	τῇ Βερενῑ́κῃ têi Berenī́kēi
Accusative	τὴν Βερενῑ́κην tḕn Berenī́kēn
Vocative	Βερενῑ́κη Berenī́kē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Βερενίκη (Vereníki)
Latin:
- Berenīcē
- Veronīca (influenced by ecclesiastical Latin vera icon)

Language	Berenice	Veronica
Basque	Berenize
Bulgarian		Вероника (Veronika)
Catalan	Berenice
Czech	Berenika	Veronika
Dutch	Berenice	Veronica
English	Berenice; Bernice	Veronica
Estonian	Berenike	Veronika
Finnish	Berenike	Veronika
French	Bérénice	Véronique
German	Berenike	Veronika
Greek	Βερενίκη (Vereníki)	Βερονίκη (Veroníki)
Hebrew	ברניקי‎ (Bereniqi)
Hungarian	Bereniké	Veronika
Italian	Berenice	Veronica
Japanese	ベレニケ (Berenike)
Korean		베로니카 (beronika)
Latvian		Veronika
Lithuanian		Veronika
Norwegian	Berenike	Veronika
Polish	Berenika	Weronika
Portuguese	Berenice	Verônica
Romanian		Veronica
Russian	Вереника (Verenika)	Вероника (Veronika)
Slovenian		Veronika
Spanish	Berenice	Verónica
Swedish	Berenike	Veronica
Wolof	Berenis

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