acalephe

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæk.əˈlif/

Noun

acalephe

1. Alternative form of acaleph
   • 1853, William GiffordJohn Taylor ColeridgeJohn Gibson Lockhartet al., The Quarterly Review, volume 93:

     The acalephe passes through both the infusorial stage and the polype stage...

Anagrams

• cephalea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging-nettle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈleː.pʰeː/, [äkäˈɫ̪eːpʰeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈle.fe/, [äkäˈlɛːfe]

Noun

acalēphē f (genitive acalēphēs); first declension

1. a nettle

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

	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