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Caunus or -ŏs , i, f., = Καῦνος,
I.a very ancient town on the coast of Caria, now Kaiguez, Mel. 1, 16, 1; Plin. 5, 28, 29, § 104; Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; “acc. to the fable, built by Caunos, a son of Miletus, and brother of Byblis,” Ov. M. 9, 453.—
II. Hence the adjj.,
A. Caunĕus or -ĭus , a, um, pertaining to Caunus, of Caunus.—Subst.: Caunĕae (sc. ficus), Caunian dried figs, Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84; Cels. 5, 21; Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 83: “Caunīs (for Cauneis),” Col. 10, 414.—In plur.: Caunĕi or Caunĭi , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Caunus, Cic. Fam. 13, 56, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 33.—
B. Caunītes , is, = Καυνίτης, Caunian: “sal,” Plin. 31, 9. 45, § 99.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.56.3
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.11
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.453
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 31.9
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.40
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 5.21
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