Caunus or -os, i, f., = Καῦνος, 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.

— Hence the adjj., Cauneus or -ius, a, um, pertaining to Caunus, of Caunus.

—Subst.: Cauneae (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.: Caunei or Caunii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caunus, Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33.

— Caunītes, is, = Καυνίτης, Caunian: sal, Plin. 31, 9. 45, § 99.