See also: cephalæa

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek κεφαλαία (kephalaía).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cephalaea f (genitive cephalaeae); first declension

  1. (medicine) a continued pain in the head, a lasting headache

Declension edit

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 edit

  • French: céphalée
  • Italian: cefalea
  • Portuguese: cefaleia
  • Romanian: cefalee
  • Spanish: cefalea

References edit

  • 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.