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Cepheus

a king of Ethiopia

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Where it lives

de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Metamorphoses 5 · 0.64/10k
De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Argonautica 1 · 0.27/10k
Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Cēpheus — Lewis & Short

Cēpheus (dissyl.), ei (

I gen. Cēphĕos, Germ. Arat. 189; acc. Cēphĕă, Ov. M. 5, 42; Mel. 1, 11, 3), m., = *khfeu/s, 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.—

II Hence, adjj.

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

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

C Cēphēïs, ĭdis, f., = Andromeda, Ov. A. A. 3, 191; Manil. 1, 426.

In the wild

Cepheus Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.44
Cepheus Cicero, de Natura Deorum 2.111
Cepheus Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes index.1.p121
Cephei Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.29.p6
Cepheaque Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.669
Cephei Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.4.3

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