Cephenes

See also: cephenes

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cēphēnes m pl (genitive Cēphēnum); third declension

  1. a people of Ethiopia
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.1:
      Dumque ea Cephenum medio Danaeius heros
      agmine commemorat, fremida regalia turba
      atria complentur
      While Perseus, the hero, surrounded at the feast by Ethiopians, narrated this, a raging swarm filled the royal courts.

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Cēphēnes
genitive Cēphēnum
dative Cēphēnibus
accusative Cēphēnes
ablative Cēphēnibus
vocative Cēphēnes

Derived terms

  • Cēphēnus

References

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