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Bĕrĕcyntus, i, m., = Βερέκυντος,

  1. I. a mountain on the banks of the river Sangarius, in Phrygia, sacred to Cybele, Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 784; 9, 82; Schol. Cruq. ad Hor. C. 4, 1, 22.
  2. II. Derivv., the adjj.
    1. A. Bĕrĕcyntĭus (Bĕrĕcynth-), a, um, = Βερεκύντιος.
      1. 1. Of or pertaining to the mountain Berecyntus, Berecyntian: tractus, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108 (acc. to Pliny, in Caria): juga, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 300: mater, i. e. Cybele, Verg. A. 6, 785; Stat. Th. 4, 782; and subst.: Bĕrĕcyntia, ae, f., Verg. A. 9, 82; Ov. F. 4, 355.
      2. 2. Of or pertaining to Cybele: heros, i. e. Midas, son of Cybele, Ov. M. 11, 106: Attis, her favorite, Pers. 1, 93: tibia, a flute of a crooked shape (orig. employed only in her festivals), Ov. F. 4, 181; hence, for a curved Phrygian flute, in gen., Hor. C. 3, 19, 18; 4, 1, 22; Ov M. 11, 16; cf. cornu, Hor. C. 1, 18, 13: furores, the madness of the priests of Cybele, Mart. 4, 43, 8.
    2. B. Bĕrĕcyntĭădes, ae, m., Berecyntian: venator, perh. Attis (v. Attis), Ov. Ib. 506 Heins.
    3. C. Bĕrĕcyntĭăcus, a, um, = Berecyntius, 2., of or belonging to Cybele: sacerdos, Prud. c. Sym. 2, 51.

Berē̆grāni, ōrum, m., the people of Beregria, a town in Picenum, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111.

Bĕrĕlĭdes, um, f., a group of small islands off the southern coast of Sardima, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85.

Bĕrĕnīcē (in MSS. also Bĕrŏnīcē), ēs, f., = Βερενίκη.

  1. I. A female name.
    1. 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,
      1. 2. Bĕrĕnīcēus, a, um, adj., of Berenice: vertex, Cat. 66, 8.
    2. 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.
  2. II. The name of several towns.
    1. A. In Cyrenaica, earlier called Hesperis, now Benghazi, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sol. 27, 54; Amm. 22, 16, 4.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Bĕrĕnīcis, ĭdis, f., the region around Berenice: ardens, Luc. 9, 524: undosa, Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.
    2. B. A town in Arabia, Mel. 3, 8, 7.
    3. C. A town on the Red Sea, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 70; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 7.
    4. D. A town on the frontier of Egypt, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 108; 6, 29, 33, § 168.