cephalus

See also: Cephalus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈke.pʰa.lus/, [ˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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

Descendants

• Italian: cefalo
• Neapolitan: cefaro
• → Polish: cefal

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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray