"Κηφῆνες" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /kɛː.pʰɛ̂ː.nes/, /ciˈɸi.nes/, /ciˈfi.nes/, /kɛː.pʰɛ̂ː.nes/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ke̝ˈpʰe̝.nes/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ciˈɸi.nes/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ciˈfi.nes/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ciˈfi.nes/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Head templates: {{grc-noun|Κηφήνων|m-p|third}} Κηφῆνες • (Kēphênes) m pl (genitive Κηφήνων); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Κηφήν|Κηφῆνος|form=M-plur}} Forms: Kēphênes [romanization], Κηφήνων [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], οἱ Κηφῆνες [nominative, plural], τῶν Κηφήνων [genitive, plural], τοῖς Κηφῆσῐ [dative, plural], Κηφῆσῐν [dative, plural], toîs Kēphêsi [dative, plural], toîs Kēphêsin [dative, plural], τοὺς Κηφῆνᾰς [accusative, plural], Κηφῆνες [plural, vocative]
  1. Cephenes, an old name of the Persians Categories (topical): Demonyms

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          "english": "Their commander was Otanes, son of Amestris and father of Xerxes’ wife. They were formerly called by the Greeks Cephenes, but by themselves and their neighbors Artaei. When Perseus son of Danae and Zeus had come to Cepheus son of Belus and married his daughter Andromeda, a son was born to him whom he called Perses, and he left him there; for Cepheus had no male offspring; it was from this Perses that the Persians took their name.",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.61",
          "roman": "1920 translation by Alfred Denis Godley",
          "text": "καὶ ἄρχοντα παρείχοντο Ὀτάνεα τὸν Ἀμήστριος πατέρα τῆς Ξέρξεω γυναικός, ἐκαλέοντο δὲ πάλαι ὑπὸ μὲν Ἑλλήνων Κηφῆνες, ὑπὸ μέντοι σφέων αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν περιοίκων Ἀρταῖοι. ἐπεὶ δὲ Περσεὺς ὁ Δανάης τε καὶ Διὸς ἀπίκετο παρὰ Κηφέα τὸν Βήλου καὶ ἔσχε αὐτοῦ τὴν θυγατέρα Ἀνδρομέδην, γίνεται αὐτῷ παῖς τῷ οὔνομα ἔθετο Πέρσην, τοῦτον δὲ αὐτοῦ καταλείπει: ἐτύγχανε γὰρ ἄπαις ἐὼν ὁ Κηφεὺς ἔρσενος γόνου. ἐπὶ τούτου δὴ τὴν ἐπωνυμίην ἔσχον.\nkaì árkhonta pareíkhonto Otánea tòn Amḗstrios patéra tês Xérxeō gunaikós, ekaléonto dè pálai hupò mèn Hellḗnōn Kēphênes, hupò méntoi sphéōn autôn kaì tôn perioíkōn Artaîoi. epeì dè Perseùs ho Danáēs te kaì Diòs apíketo parà Kēphéa tòn Bḗlou kaì éskhe autoû tḕn thugatéra Andromédēn, gínetai autôi paîs tôi oúnoma étheto Pérsēn, toûton dè autoû kataleípei: etúnkhane gàr ápais eṑn ho Kēpheùs érsenos gónou. epì toútou dḕ tḕn epōnumíēn éskhon."
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      "ipa": "/ciˈfi.nes/",
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          "text": "καὶ ἄρχοντα παρείχοντο Ὀτάνεα τὸν Ἀμήστριος πατέρα τῆς Ξέρξεω γυναικός, ἐκαλέοντο δὲ πάλαι ὑπὸ μὲν Ἑλλήνων Κηφῆνες, ὑπὸ μέντοι σφέων αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν περιοίκων Ἀρταῖοι. ἐπεὶ δὲ Περσεὺς ὁ Δανάης τε καὶ Διὸς ἀπίκετο παρὰ Κηφέα τὸν Βήλου καὶ ἔσχε αὐτοῦ τὴν θυγατέρα Ἀνδρομέδην, γίνεται αὐτῷ παῖς τῷ οὔνομα ἔθετο Πέρσην, τοῦτον δὲ αὐτοῦ καταλείπει: ἐτύγχανε γὰρ ἄπαις ἐὼν ὁ Κηφεὺς ἔρσενος γόνου. ἐπὶ τούτου δὴ τὴν ἐπωνυμίην ἔσχον.\nkaì árkhonta pareíkhonto Otánea tòn Amḗstrios patéra tês Xérxeō gunaikós, ekaléonto dè pálai hupò mèn Hellḗnōn Kēphênes, hupò méntoi sphéōn autôn kaì tôn perioíkōn Artaîoi. epeì dè Perseùs ho Danáēs te kaì Diòs apíketo parà Kēphéa tòn Bḗlou kaì éskhe autoû tḕn thugatéra Andromédēn, gínetai autôi paîs tôi oúnoma étheto Pérsēn, toûton dè autoû kataleípei: etúnkhane gàr ápais eṑn ho Kēpheùs érsenos gónou. epì toútou dḕ tḕn epōnumíēn éskhon."
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      "ipa": "/ciˈfi.nes/"
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      "ipa": "/kɛː.pʰɛ̂ː.nes/",
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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      "ipa": "/ciˈfi.nes/",
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