Cephaloedium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cephaloedis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κεφαλοίδιον (Kephaloídion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰaˈloe̯.di.um/, [kɛpʰäˈɫ̪oe̯d̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.faˈle.di.um/, [t͡ʃefäˈlɛːd̪ium]

Proper noun

Cephaloedium n sg (genitive Cephaloediī or Cephaloedī); second declension

1. A town on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Himera and Alaesa, now Cefalù

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cephaloedium
Genitive	Cephaloediī Cephaloedī1
Dative	Cephaloediō
Accusative	Cephaloedium
Ablative	Cephaloediō
Vocative	Cephaloedium
Locative	Cephaloediī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Cephaloeditānus

References

• “Cephaloedium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cephaloedium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.