brachycephalus

See also: Brachycephalus

Latin

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos) from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bra.kʰyˈke.pʰa.lus/, [bräkʰʏˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bra.kiˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [bräkiˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]

Adjective

brachycephalus (feminine brachycephala, neuter brachycephalum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. short-headed; brachycephalous, brachycephalic

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brachycephalus	brachycephala	brachycephalum		brachycephalī	brachycephalae	brachycephala
genitive	brachycephalī	brachycephalae	brachycephalī		brachycephalōrum	brachycephalārum	brachycephalōrum
dative	brachycephalō	brachycephalae	brachycephalō		brachycephalīs
accusative	brachycephalum	brachycephalam	brachycephalum		brachycephalōs	brachycephalās	brachycephala
ablative	brachycephalō	brachycephalā	brachycephalō		brachycephalīs
vocative	brachycephale	brachycephala	brachycephalum		brachycephalī	brachycephalae	brachycephala

Descendants

• English: brachycephalic, brachycephalous
• → Translingual: Brachycephalus