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 Pyrenaean 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.
α Of or belonging to Pyrene , Pyrenaean : Pyrenaei montes or Pyrenaeus saltus, the Pyrenaean 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.—
β Of or belonging to the Pyrenees , Pyrenaean : 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 , Pyrenaean : nives, Aus. Urb. in Narbone, 13, 6 dub. (al. Pyrenaeis).