Cephaloedium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Cephaloedis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κεφαλοίδιον (Kephaloídion).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cephaloedium n sg (genitive Cephaloediī or Cephaloedī); second declension

  1. a town on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Himera and Alaesa, now Cefalù

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Cephaloedium
genitive Cephaloediī
Cephaloedī1
dative Cephaloediō
accusative Cephaloedium
ablative Cephaloediō
vocative Cephaloedium
locative Cephaloediī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

  • Cephaloeditānus

References

  • Cephaloedium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Cephaloedium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.