acephalus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin acephalus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɪˈsɛfələs/ === Noun === acephalus (countable and uncountable, plural acephali) (medicine, countable) A fetus affected by acephaly. (medicine, uncountable) The condition of acephaly. ==== Derived terms ==== acardiacus acephalus ==== Related terms ==== acephali acephalous == Latin == === Alternative forms === acephalos === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkɛ.pʰa.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛː.fa.lus] === Adjective === acephalus (feminine acephala, neuter acephalum); first/second-declension adjective Without a head, chief or leader. Of a hexameter which begins with a short syllable. Acephalite; pertaining to a Monophysite heresy. (Medieval Latin) Heathen. (Medieval Latin, of a bishop) Without a fixed diocese. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: acèfal → English: acephalous → Middle French: acephale French: acéphale → German: akephal, azephal → Portuguese: acéfalo → Spanish: acéfalo === References === “acephalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acephalus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “acephalus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill === Further reading === Paulicianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia