cephalus

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhălos, “a species of mullet”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ.pʰa.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.fa.lus] === Noun === cephalus m (genitive cephalī); second declension chub, chevin, pollard (European freshwater fish, Squalius cephalus) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === "cephalus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “1 cĕphălus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “290/2” “cephalus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “cephalus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray