cynocephalus

English

Etymology

Latin cynocephalus

Noun

cynocephalus (plural cynocephali)

  1. A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and human body.
  2. An ape with the head of a dog.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυνοκέφαλος (kunoképhalos), a compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ky.noˈke.pʰa.lus/, [kʏnɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.noˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [t͡ʃinoˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]

Noun

cynocephalus m (genitive cynocephalī); second declension

  1. An ape with the head of a dog.
  2. (mythology) The dog-headed Anubis.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cynocephalus cynocephalī
Genitive cynocephalī cynocephalōrum
Dative cynocephalō cynocephalīs
Accusative cynocephalum cynocephalōs
Ablative cynocephalō cynocephalīs
Vocative cynocephale cynocephalī

Descendants
  • English: cynocephaly

References
  • “cynocephalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cynocephalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cynocephalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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