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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κεφαλοίδιον (Kephaloídion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cephaloedium n sg (genitive Cephaloediī or Cephaloedī); second declension
- A town on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Himera and Alaesa, now Cefalù
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Cephaloedium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Cephaloedium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.