LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

hēmicrānia

hēmicrānia f (genitive hēmicrāniae)
Classical[heː.mɪˈkraː.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[e.miˈkraː.ni.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinmigraine, headache

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativehēmicrāniahēmicrāniae
genitivehēmicrāniaehēmicrāniārum
dativehēmicrāniaehēmicrāniīs
accusativehēmicrāniamhēmicrāniās
ablativehēmicrāniāhēmicrāniīs
vocativehēmicrāniahēmicrāniae

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡμικρᾱνίᾰ (hēmikrāníă).

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanmigranya
  • Occitanmigrana
  • Occitanmilgrana
  • Occitanmiugrana
Borrowings
  • Englishhemicrania
  • Italianemicrania
  • Portuguesehemicrania
  • Galicianhemicrania
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmicragna
  • Italianmigragna
  • Neapolitanmengrània
  • Sicilianmicragna
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchmigrainefrom Old French migraigne
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishmigraña
Gallo-Italic
  • Ligurianmangrània
  • Piedmontesemilgran-a
  • Piedmontesemingran-a

In English words that came into English from hēmicrānia

  • hemicraniahēmicrānia
  • megrimhēmicrānia

Quick answers

What does hēmicrānia mean in Latin?
hēmicrānia, a noun, means “migraine, headache”.
What is the genitive of hēmicrānia?
The genitive singular is hēmicrāniae. hēmicrānia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce hēmicrānia?
In classical Latin, [heː.mɪˈkraː.ni.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.miˈkraː.ni.a].