"Cephenes" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [keːˈpʰeː.nɛs] [Classical-Latin], [t͡ʃeˈfɛː.nes] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Κηφεύς}} Ancient Greek Κηφεύς (Kēpheús), {{cog|grc|Κηφῆνες||Persians}} Ancient Greek Κηφῆνες (Kēphênes, “Persians”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Cēphēnēs<3.pl>|acc_pl=Cēphēnes|g=m|nom_pl=Cēphēnes|voc_pl=Cēphēnes}} Cēphēnes m pl (genitive Cēphēnum); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Cēphēnēs<3.pl>|acc_pl=Cēphēnes|nom_pl=Cēphēnes|voc_pl=Cēphēnes}} Forms: Cēphēnes [canonical, masculine, plural], Cēphēnum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cēphēnes [nominative, plural], Cēphēnum [genitive, plural], Cēphēnibus [dative, plural], Cēphēnes [accusative, plural], Cēphēnibus [ablative, plural], Cēphēnes [plural, vocative]
  1. a people of Ethiopia Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: Cēphēnus
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