cephenes

cephenes
cēphēnes, um, m., = kêphênes.
1.
The drones in a swarm of bees (pure Lat. fuci), Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 48.—
2.
Cēphē-nes, um, a people of Ethiopia (so called from their king, Cepheus), Ov. M. 5, 1 and 97.—Hence, Cēphēnus, a, um, adj., Ethiopian:

proceres,

the Ethiopian chiefs, Ov. M. 4, 764.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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