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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κηφῆνες (kēphênes).
Pronunciation
Noun
cēphēnes m pl (genitive cēphēnum); third declension
- the drones in a swarm of bees
c. 77 CE – 79 CE,
Pliny the Elder,
Naturalis Historia 11:
- Cetera turba cum formam capere coepit, nymphae vocantur, ut fuci sirenes aut cephenes.
- They begin to take the form of the crowd with the other things, called pupae, such as sirens or drones.
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
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