Βουκεφάλας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos)
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buː.ke.pʰá.laːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bu.keˈpʰa.las/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βu.ceˈɸa.las/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vu.ceˈfa.las/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vu.ceˈfa.las/
Proper noun
Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς • (Boukephálās) m (genitive Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ); first declension
- Bucephalus
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς; τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ (Doric)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς ho Boukephálās | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ toû Boukephálā | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾳ tôi Boukephálāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱν tòn Boukephálān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ Boukephálā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Βουκεφάλας (Voukefálas)
References
- “Βουκεφάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Βουκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
Further reading
- Bucephalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia