αἰγοκέφαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡo.ké.pʰa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡoˈke.pʰa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɣoˈce.ɸa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ɣoˈce.fa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ɣoˈce.fa.los/
Noun
αἰγοκέφᾰλος • (aigoképhalos) m (genitive αἰγοκεφᾰ́λου); second declension
- long-eared owl (Asio otus)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ αἰγοκέφᾰλος; τοῦ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ αἰγοκέφᾰλος ho aigoképhalos | τὼ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λω tṑ aigokephálō | οἱ αἰγοκέφᾰλοι hoi aigoképhaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λου toû aigokephálou | τοῖν αἰγοκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn aigokepháloin | τῶν αἰγοκεφᾰ́λων tôn aigokephálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λῳ tôi aigokephálōi | τοῖν αἰγοκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn aigokepháloin | τοῖς αἰγοκεφᾰ́λοις toîs aigokephálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν αἰγοκέφᾰλον tòn aigoképhalon | τὼ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λω tṑ aigokephálō | τοὺς αἰγοκεφᾰ́λους toùs aigokephálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | αἰγοκέφᾰλε aigoképhale | αἰγοκεφᾰ́λω aigokephálō | αἰγοκέφᾰλοι aigoképhaloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: aegocephalos
Further reading
- “αἰγοκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰγοκέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰγοκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)