Κηφεύς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Καφεύς (Kapheús) – Doric
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛː.pʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke̝ˈpʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ciˈɸeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈfefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈfefs/
Proper noun
Κηφεύς • (Kēpheús) m (genitive Κηφέως); third declension
- Cepheus
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κηφεύς; τοῦ Κηφέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κηφεύς ho Kēpheús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κηφέως toû Kēphéōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κηφεῖ tôi Kēpheî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κηφέᾱ tòn Kēphéā | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κηφεῦ Kēpheû | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Κηφεύς (Kiféfs)
- Latin: Cēpheus
References
- “Κηφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Κηφεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
Greek
Alternative forms
- Κηφέας (Kiféas)
Proper noun
Κηφεύς • (Kiféfs) m (learned form)
- (Greek mythology) Cepheus (mythical husband of Cassiopeia)
- (astronomy) Cepheus (constellation)
Declension
Κηφεύς
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | Κηφεύς • |
genitive | Κηφέως • |
accusative | Κηφέα • |
vocative | — |
Further reading
Κηφεύς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el