acalephe
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæk.əˈlif/
Noun
acalephe
- Alternative form of acaleph
- 1853, William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, et al., The Quarterly Review, volume 93:
- The acalephe passes through both the infusorial stage and the polype stage...
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Anagrams
- cephalea
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging-nettle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.kaˈleː.pʰeː/, [äkäˈɫ̪eːpʰeː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kaˈle.fe/, [äkäˈlɛːfe]
Noun
acalēphē f (genitive acalēphēs); first declension
- a nettle
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | acalēphē | acalēphae |
Genitive | acalēphēs | acalēphārum |
Dative | acalēphae | acalēphīs |
Accusative | acalēphēn | acalēphās |
Ablative | acalēphē | acalēphīs |
Vocative | acalēphē | acalēphae |
References
- “acalephe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acalephe 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)
- acalephe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “acalephe”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers