ăcĕphălus, i, adj., = ἀκέφαλος.
I Without head , without chief or leader. — Subst.: Ăcĕphăli , a sect of heretics , Isid. Or. 8, 5, 66; cf. 5, 39, 39 sq.—
II In prosody, of a hexameter which begins with a short syllable (e. g. ἐπειδή), Vel. Long. p. 2219 P.