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Caphāreus, Caphāreī

(Caphēreus, Caphēreī)

Caphareus, Caphereus

Καφαρεύς

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

a rocky promontory on the southern coast of Eubaea, where the homeward-bound fleet of the Greeks was wrecked, being misled by Nauplius, king of the island, and father of Palamedes, who had been slain before Troy
Capo del Oro
Xylofago

Abbreviations

Caphāreus or Caphēreus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Καφαρεύς, a rocky promontory on the southern coast of Eubaea, where the homeward-bound fleet of the Greeks was wrecked, being misled by Nauplius, king of the island, and father of Palamedes, who had been slain before Troy; now Capo del Oro, or Xylofago, Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116; Ov. M. 14, 472; 14, 481.

— Gr. acc. Caphārea, Ov. M. 14, 472; id. Tr. 1, 1, 83; voc. Caphareu, Val. Fl. 1, 371.

—Form Caphereus, Verg. A. 11, 260; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.

— Derivv. Caphārēus, a, um (four syll.), adj., = Καφήρειος, of Caphareus: aqua, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 36.

—Scanned Caphārea; saxa, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 39; Hyg. Fab. 116.

— Caphā-ris, idis, f. adj., = Καφηρίς, of Caphareus: petrae, Sen. Herc. Oet. 805.