Bĕrĕnīcē (in MSS. also Bĕrŏnīcē), ēs, f., = Βερενίκη.
I A female name.
A Daughter of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Arsinoë , and wife of her own brother , Ptolemy Euergetes; her beautiful hair was placed as a constellation in heaven (Coma or Crinis Berenices), Hyg. Astr. 2, 24; cf. the poem of Catullus: de Coma Berenices, 66, 1 sqq. (Another constellation of the same name, Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178.)—Hence,
2 Bĕrĕnīcēus , a, um, adj., of Berenice : vertex, Cat. 66, 8.—
B The daughter of the Jewish king Agrippa I. , accused of incest , Juv. 6, 156 sqq.; Tac. H. 2, 2; 2, 81; Suet. Tit. 7; called uxor Titi, Aur. Vict. Epit. 10, 4; called Bernīcē , Vulg. Act. 25, 13.—
II The name of several towns.
A In Cyrenaica , earlier called Hesperis , now Benghazi , Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sol. 27, 54; Amm. 22, 16, 4.—Hence,
2 Bĕrĕnīcis , ĭdis, f., the region around Berenice : ardens, Luc. 9, 524: undosa, Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.—
B A town in Arabia , Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
C A town on the Red Sea , Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 70; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 7.—
D A town on the frontier of Egypt , Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 108; 6, 29, 33, § 168.