κεκρύφαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, undoubtedly of Pre-Greek origin even if traditionally linked to κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.krý.pʰa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈkry.pʰa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈkry.ɸa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈkry.fa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈkri.fa.los/
Noun
κεκρύφᾰλος • (kekrúphalos) m (genitive κεκρῠφάλου); second declension
- hairnet for women, snood
- part of the headstall of a bridle
- (zoology) reticulum, the second stomach of ruminants
- pouch or belly of a hunting net
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κεκρῠ́φᾰλος; τοῦ κεκρῠφᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κεκρῠ́φᾰλος ho kekrúphalos | τὼ κεκρῠφᾰ́λω tṑ kekruphálō | οἱ κεκρῠ́φᾰλοι hoi kekrúphaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κεκρῠφᾰ́λου toû kekruphálou | τοῖν κεκρῠφᾰ́λοιν toîn kekrupháloin | τῶν κεκρῠφᾰ́λων tôn kekruphálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κεκρῠφᾰ́λῳ tôi kekruphálōi | τοῖν κεκρῠφᾰ́λοιν toîn kekrupháloin | τοῖς κεκρῠφᾰ́λοις toîs kekruphálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κεκρῠ́φᾰλον tòn kekrúphalon | τὼ κεκρῠφᾰ́λω tṑ kekruphálō | τοὺς κεκρῠφᾰ́λους toùs kekruphálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κεκρῠ́φᾰλε kekrúphale | κεκρῠφᾰ́λω kekruphálō | κεκρῠ́φᾰλοι kekrúphaloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κεκρυφάλιον (kekruphálion)
- κεκρυφαλοπλόκος (kekruphaloplókos)
Further reading
- “κεκρύφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεκρύφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN