acalephe
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæk.əˈlif/
Noun
acalephe
- Alternative form of acaleph
- 1853, William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, et al., The Quarterly Review, volume 93:
- The acalephe passes through both the infusorial stage and the polype stage...
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging-nettle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.kaˈleː.pʰeː/, [a.kaˈɫeː.pʰeː]
Inflection
First declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | acalēphē | acalēphae |
| Genitive | acalēphēs | acalēphārum |
| Dative | acalēphae | acalēphīs |
| Accusative | acalēphēn | acalēphās |
| Ablative | acalēphē | acalēphīs |
| Vocative | acalēphē | acalēphae |
References
- acalephe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acalephe in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- acalephe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- acalephe in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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