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Cĕphălēnĭa

Cĕphălēnĭa · f

the largest island in the Ionian Sea

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What it meant

Cĕphălēnĭa — Lewis & Short

Cĕphălēnĭa (-allānia), ae, f., = *kefalhni/a or *kefallhni/a,

I the largest island in the Ionian Sea, now Cephalonia, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54 sq.; Liv. 37, 13, 11; 38, 9, 10; 38, 28, 7; Flor. 2, 9, 4.—

II Hence,

a Cĕphălēnes, um, m., = *kefalh=nes, the inhabitants of Cephalenia, Liv. 37, 13, 12; Sil. 15, 305.—

b Cĕphălēnītae, ārum, m., the same, Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 68.

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