acephalus

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English

Etymology

From Latin acephalus.

Pronunciation

Noun

acephalus (countable and uncountable, plural acephali)

  1. (medicine, countable) A fetus affected by acephaly.
  2. (medicine, uncountable) The condition of acephaly.

Derived terms

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

acephalus (feminine acephala, neuter acephalum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Without a head, chief or leader.
  2. Of a hexameter which begins with a short syllable.
  3. Acephalite; pertaining to a Monophysite heresy.
    • c. 703, Bede, Chronica Minor:
      Hoc tempore eadem acephalorum heresis sub anathemate condemnatur.
      At the same time , the headless ones' heresy was condemned with anathema.
  4. (Medieval Latin) Heathen.
  5. (Medieval Latin, of a bishop) Without a fixed diocese.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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
accusative acephalum acephalam acephalum acephalōs acephalās acephala
ablative acephalō acephalā acephalō acephalīs
vocative acephale acephala acephalum acephalī acephalae acephala

Descendants

References

  • “acephalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • acephalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “acephalus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

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