κέφαλος
See also: Κέφαλος and -κέφαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κεφαλή (kephalḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ké.pʰa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke.pʰa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ɸa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.fa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.fa.los/
Noun
κέφᾰλος • (képhalos) m (genitive κεφᾰ́λου); second declension
- a species of mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Declension
Second declension of ὁ κέφᾰλος; τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κέφᾰλος ho képhalos | τὼ κεφᾰ́λω tṑ kephálō | οἱ κέφᾰλοι hoi képhaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου toû kephálou | τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν toîn kepháloin | τῶν κεφᾰ́λων tôn kephálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κεφᾰ́λῳ tôi kephálōi | τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν toîn kepháloin | τοῖς κεφᾰ́λοις toîs kephálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κέφᾰλον tòn képhalon | τὼ κεφᾰ́λω tṑ kephálō | τοὺς κεφᾰ́λους toùs kephálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κέφᾰλε képhale | κεφᾰ́λω kephálō | κέφᾰλοι képhaloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: κέφαλος (kéfalos)
- Latin: cephalus
Further reading
- “κέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhalos).
Noun
κέφαλος • (kéfalos) m (plural κέφαλοι)
- mullet, grey mullet, flathead mullet
Declension
declension of κέφαλος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κέφαλος • | κέφαλοι • |
genitive | κέφαλου • κεφάλου • | κέφαλων • κεφάλων • |
accusative | κέφαλο • | κέφαλους • κεφάλους • |
vocative | κέφαλε • | κέφαλοι • |
See also
- κεφάλι n (kefáli, “head”)
Further reading
Κέφαλος (ψάρι) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el