centiceps

Latin

Etymology

From centum (“hundred”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈken.ti.keps/, [ˈkɛn̪t̪ɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.ti.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈt͡ʃɛn̪t̪it͡ʃeps]

Adjective

centiceps (genitive centicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. 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.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	centiceps			centicipitēs	centicipitia
genitive	centicipitis			centicipitium
dative	centicipitī			centicipitibus
accusative	centicipitem	centiceps		centicipitēs	centicipitia
ablative	centicipitī			centicipitibus
vocative	centiceps			centicipitēs	centicipitia

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.