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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καφύαι (Kaphúai).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Caphyae f pl (genitive Caphyārum); first declension
- A town of Arcadia situated on a small plain near Orchomenus
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Caphyae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly