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Căphāreus or Căphēreus (trisyl. ), ei, m., = Καφαρεύς,
I.a rocky promontory on the southern coast of Eubœa, where the homeward-bound fleet of the Greeks was wrecked, being misled by Nauplius, king of the island, and father of Palamedes, who had been slain before Troy; now Capo del Oro, or Xylofago, Serv. ad Verg. A. 11, 260; Hyg. Fab. 116; Ov. M. 14, 472; 14, 481.— Gr. acc. Căphārĕă, Ov. M. 14, 472; id. Tr. 1, 1, 83; voc. Caphareu, Val. Fl. 1, 371.—Form Caphereus, Verg. A. 11, 260; Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64.—
II. Derivv.
A. Căphārēus , a, um (four syll.), adj., = Καφήρειος, of Caphareus: “aqua,” Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 36.—Scanned Căphārĕa; “saxa,” Prop. 3 (4), 7, 39. Hyg. Fab. 116.—
B. Căphā-ris , ĭdis, f. adj., = Καφηρίς, of Caphareus: “petrae,” Sen. Herc. Oet. 805.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.472
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.260
    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 805
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 1.371
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.1
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.7
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