acephalus

Latin

Alternative forms

• acephalos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (akephalos, “headless”).

Adjective

Wikipedia acephalus m (feminine acephala, neuter acephalum); first/second declension

1. Without a head, chief or leader.
2. Of a hexameter which begins with a short syllable.
3. An Acephalite or Paulician, a member of an early Christian gnostic heresy

   Hoc tempore eadem acephalorum heresis sub anathemate condemnatur.

   At the same time [as the reign of Justinian, son of Heraclius], the headless ones' heresy was condemned with anathema. — Bede, Chronica Minor

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	acephalus	acephala	acephalum		acephalī	acephalae	acephala
genitive	acephalī	acephalae	acephalī		acephalōrum	acephalārum	acephalōrum
dative	acephalō	acephalae	acephalō		acephalīs	acephalīs	acephalīs
accusative	acephalum	acephalam	acephalum		acephalōs	acephalās	acephala
ablative	acephalō	acephalā	acephalō		acephalīs	acephalīs	acephalīs
vocative	acephale	acephala	acephalum		acephalī	acephalae	acephala

References

• acephalus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879