cephenes
See also: Cephenes
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κηφῆνες (kēphênes).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /keːˈpʰeː.nes/, [keːˈpʰeːnɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈfe.nes/, [t͡ʃeˈfɛːnes]
Noun
cēphēnes m pl (genitive cēphēnum); third declension
- the drones in a swarm of bees
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11:
- Cetera turba cum formam capere coepit, nymphae vocantur, ut fuci sirenes aut cephenes.
- They begin to take the form of the crowd with the other things, called pupae, such as sirens or drones.
- Cetera turba cum formam capere coepit, nymphae vocantur, ut fuci sirenes aut cephenes.
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | cēphēnes |
| Genitive | cēphēnum |
| Dative | cēphēnibus |
| Accusative | cēphēnes |
| Ablative | cēphēnibus |
| Vocative | cēphēnes |
Synonyms
- fūcī (pure Latin)
References
- “cēphēnes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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