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Caunus

Caunus · f

a very ancient town on the coast of Caria

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Metamorphoses 4 · 0.52/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
Punica 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Caunus — Lewis & Short

Caunus or -ŏs, i, f., = *kau=nos,

I 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.—

II Hence the adjj.,

A Caunĕus or -ĭus, a, um, pertaining to Caunus, of Caunus.—Subst.: Caunĕae (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.: Caunĕi or Caunĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caunus, Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33.—

B Caunītes, is, = *kauni/ths, Caunian: sal, Plin. 31, 9. 45, § 99.

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