Caphareus

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Căphāreus: or Căphēreus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Καφαρεύς,
I a rocky promontory on the southern coast of Eubœa, where the homeward-bound fleet of the Greeks was wrecked, being misled by Nauplius, king of the island, and father of Palamedes, who had been slain before Troy; now Capo del Oro, or Xylofago, Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116; Ov. M. 14, 472; 14, 481.— Gr. acc. Căphārĕă, Ov. M. 14, 472; id. Tr. 1, 1, 83; voc. Caphareu, Val. Fl. 1, 371.—Form Caphereus, Verg. A. 11, 260; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.—
II Derivv.
   A Căphārēus, a, um (four syll.), adj., = Καφήρειος, of Caphareus: aqua, Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 36.—Scanned Căphārĕa; saxa, Prop. 3 (4), 7, 39; Hyg. Fab. 116.—
   B Căphā-ris, ĭdis, f. adj., = Καφηρίς, of Caphareus: petrae, Sen. Herc. Oet. 805.