cynocephalus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cynocephalus; by surface analysis, cyno- +‎ translingual -cephalus. === Noun === cynocephalus (plural cynocephali) (mythology) A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a human. Synonym: doghead (mythology) A creature with the head of a dog or jackal and the body of a nonhuman ape. Synonym: Aani == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κυνοκέφαλος (kunoképhalos), a compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) +‎ κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ky.nɔˈkɛ.pʰa.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃi.noˈt͡ʃɛː.fa.lus] === Noun === cynocephalus m (genitive cynocephalī); second declension An ape with the head of a dog. (mythology) The dog-headed Anubis. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: cynocephalus === References === “cynocephalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cynocephalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “cynocephalus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.