Cephenes

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Cēphēnes m pl (genitive Cēphēnum); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun, plural only.

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

Derived terms

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References

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