κεφάλαιον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈpʰa.lɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈfa.le.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈfa.le.on/
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive form of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephálaios, “primary”), from κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Noun
κεφᾰ́λαιον • (kephálaion) n (genitive κεφᾰλαίου); second declension
- main point, gist
- sum, total (of money)
- chapter (of a book)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον; τοῦ κεφᾰλαίου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον tò kephálaion | τὼ κεφᾰλαίω tṑ kephalaíō | τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tà kephálaia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κεφᾰλαίου toû kephalaíou | τοῖν κεφᾰλαίοιν toîn kephalaíoin | τῶν κεφᾰλαίων tôn kephalaíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κεφᾰλαίῳ tôi kephalaíōi | τοῖν κεφᾰλαίοιν toîn kephalaíoin | τοῖς κεφᾰλαίοις toîs kephalaíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον tò kephálaion | τὼ κεφᾰλαίω tṑ kephalaíō | τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tà kephálaia | ||||||||||
Vocative | κεφᾰ́λαιον kephálaion | κεφᾰλαίω kephalaíō | κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ kephálaia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ (kephalaion)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܦܠܐܘܢ (qeppalleʾōn), ܩܐܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qʾpʾlʾwn), ܩܗܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qhpʾlʾwn), ܩܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qpʾlʾwn), ܩܐܦܠܘܢ (qʾplwn), קפלאון (qeppalleʾōn)
- → Arabic: قَفْلَة (qafla)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
κεφάλαιον • (kephálaion)
- inflection of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephálaios):
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
References
- “κεφάλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεφάλαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2774 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- κεφάλαιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abstract idem, page 4.
- consummation idem, page 166.
- epitome idem, page 279.
- gist idem, page 360.
- head idem, page 389.
- kernel idem, page 468.
- substance idem, page 832.
- sum idem, page 837.
- summary idem, page 837.
- synopsis idem, page 851.
- total idem, page 884.