cephalus
See also: Cephalus
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhalos, “a species of mullet”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈke.pʰa.lus/, [ˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]
Noun
cephalus m (genitive cephalī); second declension
- chub, chevin, pollard (European freshwater fish, Squalius cephalus)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cephalus | cephalī |
| Genitive | cephalī | cephalōrum |
| Dative | cephalō | cephalīs |
| Accusative | cephalum | cephalōs |
| Ablative | cephalō | cephalīs |
| Vocative | cephale | cephalī |
References
- cephalus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- 1 cĕphălus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “290/2”
- “cephalus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cephalus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray