Definition of Caeneus
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LNS
Caeneus, Caeneōs
Caeneus
Καινεύς
noun (m., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. a girl, named
  2. A companion of Aeneas
Abbreviations
Caeneus (dissyl.), eos (gen., Stat. Th. 7, 644; voc. Caeni, Ov. M. 12, 470: Caeneu, id. ib. 12, 531), m., = Καινεύς, orig. a girl, named Caenis, Ov. M. 12, 189; 12, 195; 12, 201; 12, 470 sq., the daughter of Elatus, afterwards changed by Neptune into a boy, he was subsequently present at the Calydonian hunt. and at the contest of the Centaurs and Lapithae, and finally was metamorphosed into a bird. Ov. M. 12, 189; 12, 459 sq.; 12, 514 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 14; acc. to Verg. he again became a female. Verg. A. 6, 448 Serv.

— A companion of Aeneas, Verg. A. 9, 573.
 
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