cynocephalus

English

Etymology

Latin cynocephalus

Noun

cynocephalus (plural cynocephali)

A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and human body.
An ape with the head of a dog.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κυνοκέφαλος (kunoképhalos), a compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ky.noˈke.pʰa.lus/, [kʏnɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.noˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [t͡ʃinoˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]

Noun

cynocephalus m (genitive cynocephalī); second declension

An ape with the head of a dog.
(mythology) The dog-headed Anubis.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cynocephalus	cynocephalī
Genitive	cynocephalī	cynocephalōrum
Dative	cynocephalō	cynocephalīs
Accusative	cynocephalum	cynocephalōs
Ablative	cynocephalō	cynocephalīs
Vocative	cynocephale	cynocephalī

Descendants

English: cynocephaly

References

“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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