cynocephalus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin cynocephalus.
Noun
editcynocephalus (plural cynocephali)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek κυνοκέφαλος (kunoképhalos), a compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ky.noˈke.pʰa.lus/, [kʏnɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.noˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [t͡ʃinoˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]
Noun
editcynocephalus m (genitive cynocephalī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cynocephalus | cynocephalī |
Genitive | cynocephalī | cynocephalōrum |
Dative | cynocephalō | cynocephalīs |
Accusative | cynocephalum | cynocephalōs |
Ablative | cynocephalō | cynocephalīs |
Vocative | cynocephale | cynocephalī |
Descendants
edit- English: cynocephalus
References
edit- “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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