cephalaea

See also: cephalæa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφαλαία (kephalaía)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰaˈlae̯.a/, [kɛpʰäˈɫ̪äe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.faˈle.a/, [t͡ʃefäˈlɛːä]

Noun

cephalaea f (genitive cephalaeae); first declension

1. (medicine) a continued pain in the head, a lasting headache
2. vocative singular of cephalaea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cephalaea	cephalaeae
Genitive	cephalaeae	cephalaeārum
Dative	cephalaeae	cephalaeīs
Accusative	cephalaeam	cephalaeās
Ablative	cephalaeā	cephalaeīs
Vocative	cephalaea	cephalaeae

Descendants

• French: céphalée
• Italian: cefalea

• Portuguese: cefaleia
• Spanish: cefalea

References

• “cephalaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cephalaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.