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Cephalus

Cephalus · m

a son of Deïoneus

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Where it lives

Ars Amatoria 4 · 2.69/10k
Epistulae 2 · 0.78/10k
Metamorphoses 6 · 0.77/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Cĕphălus — Lewis & Short

Cĕphălus, i, m., = *ke/falos,

I a son of Deïoneus (Hyg. Fab. 189) or of Pandion (id. ib. 279), a grandson of Æolus (hence, Aeolides, Ov. M. 6, 681), the husband of Procris, whom he, when watched by her, unintentionally shot, Ov. M. 6, 681; 7, 665 sq.; 7, 841; Hyg. Astr. 2, 35; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 445.

In the wild

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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