Caunites

Caunus or -ŏs, i, f., = Kaunos, a very ancient town on the coast of Caria, now Kaiguez, Mel. 1, 16, 1; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84;

acc. to the fable, built by Caunos, a son of Miletus, and brother of Byblis,

Ov. M. 9, 453.—

II.

Hence the adjj.,

A.

Caunĕus or -ĭus, a, um, pertaining to Caunus, of Caunus. — Subst.: Caunĕae (sc. ficus), Caunian dried figs, Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; Cels. 5, 21; Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 83:

Caunīs (for Cauneis),

Col. 10, 414.—In plur.: Caunĕi or Caunĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caunus, Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33.—

B.

Caunītes, is, = Kaunitês, Caunian:

sal,

Plin. 31, 9. 45, § 99.