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.
III —Hence, Cēphēnus , a, um, adj., Ethiopian : proceres, the Ethiopian chiefs , Ov. M. 4, 764.