cephalaea

See also: cephalæa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφαλαία (kephalaía).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ke.pʰaˈlae̯.a/, [kɛpʰäˈɫ̪äe̯ä]
  • (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

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
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