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Meaning of cēphēnes | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[keːˈpʰeː.nɛs]

Definitions

  1. the drones in a swarm of bees
    declension-3
  2. a people of Ethiopia
    declension-3

Examples

“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.

“Dumque ea Cephenum medio Danaeius heros agmine commemorat, fremida regalia turba”

While Perseus, the hero, surrounded at the feast by Ethiopians, narrated this, a raging swarm filled the royal courts.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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