centiceps

== Latin == === Etymology === From centum (“hundred”) + -ceps (“headed”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛn.tɪ.kɛps] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛn.ti.t͡ʃeps] === Adjective === centiceps (genitive centicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective hundred-headed; with a hundred heads ==== Usage notes ==== Used to refer to Cerberus, the multi-headed dog who guarded the entrance to the underworld. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Related terms ==== anceps biceps === References === “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.