centiceps
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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.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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.