A / ăcĕphălus
adjective greek

ăcĕphălus

gen. ăcĕphăli
= ἀκέφαλος.
Without head; without chief; leader
Without head, without chief or leader.Subst.: ăcĕphăli, a sect of heretics, Isid. Or. 8, 5, 66; cf. 5, 39, 39 sq.—
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