Cephenes

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Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “L&S states that they were “so called from their king,” Cēphe͡us [from the Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús)], yet includes the entry for the demonym under its entry for cēphēnes (“apian drones”); is there some relation here? Also cf. the Ancient Greek Κηφῆνες (Kēphênes, “Persians”).”

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈpʰeː.nes/, [keːˈpʰeːnɛs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈfe.nes/, [t͡ʃeˈfɛːnes]

Proper noun[edit]

Cēphēnes m pl (genitive Cēphēnum); third declension

a people of Ethiopia
(Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Cēphēnes
Genitive	Cēphēnum
Dative	Cēphēnibus
Accusative	Cēphēnes
Ablative	Cēphēnibus
Vocative	Cēphēnes

Derived terms[edit]

Cēphēnus

References[edit]

“Cēphēnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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