Cepheus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Κηφεύς, -έως, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Cēpheus: (dissyl.), ei (
I gen. Cēphĕos, Germ. Arat. 189; acc. Cēphĕă, Ov. M. 5, 42; Mel. 1, 11, 3), m., = Κηφεύς, 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Cēphēus,¹⁴ a, um, Prop. 4, 6, 78 et Cēphēĭus, a, um, Prop. 1, 3, 3, issu de Céphée, de Céphée : Cepheia arva Ov. M. 4, 669, l’Éthiopie.
(2) Cēpheūs,¹² eī ou eos, m. (Κηφεύς), Céphée [roi d’Éthiopie] : stellatus Cepheus Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, Céphée transformé en constellation.