acalephe
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæk.əˈlif/
Noun
acalephe
- 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
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging-nettle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kaˈɫeː.pʰeː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.kaˈlɛː.fe]
Noun
acalēphē f (genitive acalēphēs); first declension
- 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