cephalaea

See also: cephalæa

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κεφαλαία (kephalaía).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛ.pʰaˈɫae̯.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃe.faˈlɛː.a]

Noun

cephalaea f (genitive cephalaeae); first declension

(medicine) a continued pain in the head, a lasting headache

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cephalaea	cephalaeae
genitive	cephalaeae	cephalaeārum
dative	cephalaeae	cephalaeīs
accusative	cephalaeam	cephalaeās
ablative	cephalaeā	cephalaeīs
vocative	cephalaea	cephalaeae

Descendants

French: céphalée
Italian: cefalea
Portuguese: cefaleia
Romanian: cefalee
Spanish: cefalea

References

“cephalaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cephalaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.