cephenes
From LSJ
τὸ πνεῦμά ἐστι τὸ ζωοποιοῦν, ἡ σὰρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν → it is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing (1 John 6:63)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cēphēnes: um, m., = κηφῆνες.
1 The drones in a swarm of bees (pure Lat. fuci), Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 48.—
2 Cēphē-nes, um, a people of Ethiopia (so called from their king, Cepheus), Ov. M. 5, 1 and 97.—Hence, Cēphēnus, a, um, adj., Ethiopian: proceres, the Ethiopian chiefs, Ov. M. 4, 764.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cēphēnes, um, m. (κηφῆνες), frelons : Plin. 11, 48.
