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LNS

Cēpheus, Cēpheī

Cepheus

Κηφεύς

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiope. father of Andromeda, and father-in-law of Perseus

Abbreviations

Cēpheus (dissyl.), ei (gen. Cēpheos, Germ. Arat. 189; acc. Cēphea, Ov. M. 5, 42; Mel. 1, 11, 3), m., = Κηφεύς, a king of Ethiopia (acc. to Mel. l. l. at Joppa, in Phoenicia), husband of Cassiope. father of Andromeda, and father-in-law of Perseus; finally placed with these three among the stars, Ov. M. 4, 738; 5, 12; Hyg. Fab. 64; id. Astr. 2, 9; 3, 8; Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; id. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Germ. Arat. 184 al.

— Hence, adjj. Cēphēius, a, um, of Cepheus: Andromeda, Prop. 1, 3, 3; Ov. H. 15, 35: virgo, the same, id. A. 3, 3, 17.

— Cēphēus (trisyl.), a, um, of Cepheus, = Ethiopian: Meroe, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 78: arva, Ov. M. 4, 669.

— Cēphēis, idis, f., = Andromeda, Ov. A. A. 3, 191; Manil. 1, 426.