cephalaea

See also: cephalæa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφαλαία (kephalaía).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰaˈlae̯.a/, [kɛpʰäˈɫ̪äe̯ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe.faˈle.a/, [t͡ʃefäˈlɛːä]

Noun

cephalaea f (genitive cephalaeae); first declension

(medicine) a continued pain in the head, a lasting headache

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cephalaea	cephalaeae
Genitive	cephalaeae	cephalaeārum
Dative	cephalaeae	cephalaeīs
Accusative	cephalaeam	cephalaeās
Ablative	cephalaeā	cephalaeīs
Vocative	cephalaea	cephalaeae

Descendants

French: céphalée
Italian: cefalea
Portuguese: cefaleia
Romanian: cefalee
Spanish: cefalea

References

“cephalaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cephalaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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