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Latin
Etymology
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Particularly: “L&S states that they were “so called from their king,” Cēphe͡us , 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”).”
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cēphēnes m pl (genitive Cēphēnum); third declension
- a people of Ethiopia
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
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