I.gen. Cēphĕos, Germ. Arat. 189; acc. Cēphĕă, Ov. M. 5, 42; Mel. 1, 11, 3), m., = Κηφεύς, a king of Ethiopia (acc. to Mel. l. l. at Joppa, in Phoenicia), husband of Cassiope. father of Andromeda, and father-in-law of Perseus; finally placed with these three among the stars, Ov. M. 4, 738; 5, 12; Hyg. Fab. 64; id. Astr. 2, 9; 3, 8; Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 8; id. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Germ. Arat. 184 al.—
II. Hence, adjj.
A. Cēphēïus , a, um, of Cepheus: “Andromeda,” Prop. 1, 3, 3; Ov. H. 15, 35: “virgo, the same,” id. A. 3, 3, 17.—
B. Cēphēus (trisyl. ), a, um, of Cepheus, = Ethiopian: “Meroe,” Prop. 4 (5), 6, 78. “arva,” Ov. M. 4, 669. —