centiceps
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From centum (“hundred”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈken.ti.keps/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪ɪkɛps̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.ti.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪it͡ʃeps]
Adjective
[edit]centiceps (genitive centicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective
Usage notes
[edit]Used to refer to Cerberus, the multi-headed dog who guarded the entrance to the underworld.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | centiceps | centicipitēs | centicipitia | ||
| genitive | centicipitis | centicipitium | |||
| dative | centicipitī | centicipitibus | |||
| accusative | centicipitem | centiceps | centicipitēs | centicipitia | |
| ablative | centicipitī | centicipitibus | |||
| vocative | centiceps | centicipitēs | centicipitia | ||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “centiceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “centiceps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- centiceps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.