microcephalus
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]microcephalus
- (uncountable) An abnormally small head.
- A person suffering from microcephaly.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin; from Ancient Greek μῑκροκέφᾰλος (mīkroképhălos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miː.kroˈke.pʰa.lus/, [miːkrɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [mikroˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]
Adjective
[edit]mīcrocephalus (feminine mīcrocephala, neuter mīcrocephalum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) small-headed, microcephalic (having an abnormally small head)
Usage notes
[edit]- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mīcrocephalus | mīcrocephala | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephala | |
| genitive | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalōrum | mīcrocephalārum | mīcrocephalōrum | |
| dative | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalīs | |||
| accusative | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalam | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalōs | mīcrocephalās | mīcrocephala | |
| ablative | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalā | mīcrocephalō | mīcrocephalīs | |||
| vocative | mīcrocephale | mīcrocephala | mīcrocephalum | mīcrocephalī | mīcrocephalae | mīcrocephala | |
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English uncountable nouns
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 5-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin adjectives
- Latin first and second declension adjectives
- New Latin
- Specific epithets