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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Caeneus</b>: (dissyl.), ĕos (<br /><b>I</b> gen., Stat. Th. 7, 644; voc. Caenĭ, Ov. M. 12, 470: Caeneu, id. ib. 12, 531), m., = Καινεύς, orig. a [[girl]], named Cænis, Ov. M. 12, 189; 12, 195; 12, 201; 12, 470 sq., the [[daughter]] of Elatus, [[afterwards]] changed by [[Neptune]] [[into]] a [[boy]], he [[was]] [[subsequently]] [[present]] at the Calydonian [[hunt]]. and at the [[contest]] of the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and [[finally]] [[was]] metamorphosed [[into]] a [[bird]]. Ov. M. 12, 189; 12, 459 sq.; 12, 514 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 14; acc. to Verg. he [[again]] became a [[female]]. Verg. A. 6, 448 Serv.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[companion]] of Æneas, Verg. A. 9, 573.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Cæneūs</b>,¹⁴ ĕī ou ĕos, m. (Καινεύς), fille du Lapithe Élatus, appelée alors Cænis, fut ensuite changée en homme par Neptune : Virg. En. 6, 448 &#124;&#124; nom d’un guerrier troyen : Virg. En. 9, 573.||nom d’un guerrier troyen : Virg. En. 9, 573.
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{{Georges
|georg=Caeneus, eī u. [[eos]], m. (Καινεύς), [[als]] [[Mädchen]] geboren, [[mit]] Namen [[Caenis]], [[Tochter]] [[des]] [[Elatus]], [[dann]] [[von]] Neptun in [[einen]] unverwundbaren Knaben u. [[zuletzt]] in [[einen]] [[Vogel]] verwandelt, Ov. [[met]]. 12, 189 sqq. u. 459 sqq. Hyg. fab. 14; [[wieder]] in [[ein]] [[Mädchen]] [[nach]] Verg. Aen. 6, 448.
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