cephalus

See also: Cephalus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhalos, “a species of mullet”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈke.pʰa.lus/, [ˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]

Noun

cephalus m (genitive cephalī); second declension

  1. 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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