English

Noun

acalephe

1. 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...

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη ‎(akalḗphē, “stinging-nettle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈleː.pʰeː/, [a.kaˈɫeː.pʰeː]

Noun

acalēphē f ‎(genitive acalēphēs); first declension

1. a nettle

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acalephe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• acalephe in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers