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Cephaloedis

Cĕphăloedis, is, f. (Cĕphăloedĭ-um, ii, n., acc. to Prisc. p. 596 P.), = Κεφαλοιδίς Ptol., Κεφαλοίδιον Strab.,
  • a small fortified town in Sicily, in the region of Himera, now Cefali, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 128 Zumpt N. cr.; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.—
  • II Hence,
    • A Cĕphăloedĭtānus, a, um, adj., of Cephaloedis: civitas, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103.—And subst.: Cĕphăloedĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cephaloedis, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130.—
    • B Cĕphăloedĭas, ădis, adj. fem., of Cephaloedis: ora, Sil. 14, 252.

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