(adjective) : Bĕrĕnīcē (in MSS. also Bĕrŏnīcē), ēs, f., = Βερενίκη.
* A female name.
* 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
* The name of several towns.
* 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.
* In Cyrenaica, earlier called Hesperis, now Benghazi, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sol. 27, 54; Amm. 22, 16, 4.—Hence
* Bĕrĕnīcis, ĭdis, f., the region around Berenice: ardens,Luc. 9, 524: undosa,Sil. 3, 249; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3880.
* A town in Arabia, Mel. 3, 8, 7.
* A town on the Red Sea, Plin. 6, 29, 34, § 70; cf. Mel. 3, 8, 7.
* A town on the frontier of Egypt, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 108; 6, 29, 33, § 168.

Feminine Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Berenice (Fem), ref: PIR B 0108 | PIR ID2957
• Iulia Berenice (Fem), ref: PIR I 0651 | PIR ID7154
• Iulia Berenice (Fem), ref: PIR I 0652 | PIR ID7155
• Iulia Berenice (Fem), ref: PIR I 0653 | PIR ID7156

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