cephalicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós), derived from Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /keˈpʰa.li.kus/, [kɛˈpʰälʲɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈfa.li.kus/, [t͡ʃeˈfäːlikus]

Adjective

cephalicus (feminine cephalica, neuter cephalicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) head; cephalic

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cephalicus	cephalica	cephalicum		cephalicī	cephalicae	cephalica
Genitive	cephalicī	cephalicae	cephalicī		cephalicōrum	cephalicārum	cephalicōrum
Dative	cephalicō		cephalicō		cephalicīs
Accusative	cephalicum	cephalicam	cephalicum		cephalicōs	cephalicās	cephalica
Ablative	cephalicō	cephalicā	cephalicō		cephalicīs
Vocative	cephalice	cephalica	cephalicum		cephalicī	cephalicae	cephalica

References

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