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noun greek

cēphēnes

gen. cēphēnum · gender masculine
The drones in a swarm of bees
The drones in a swarm of bees (pure Lat. fuci), Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 48.—
a people of Ethiopia; Ethiopian •
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.
Perseus ID: n7469 Key: cephenes