Κυνὸς Κεφαλαί
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κῠνός (kunós, genitive of κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”)) + κεφᾰλαί (kephalaí, plural of κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ky.nòs ke.pʰa.lǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kyˈnos ke.pʰaˈlɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /cyˈnos ce.ɸaˈlɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /cyˈnos ce.faˈle/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈnos ce.faˈle/
Proper noun
Κῠνὸς Κεφᾰλαί • (Kunòs Kephalaí) f pl (genitive Κῠνὸς Κεφᾰλῶν); first declension
- Cynoscephalae, the location of the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, near modern Larissa
Inflection
See the inflection of κῠ́ων (kúōn) and κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ).
Descendants
- Greek: Κυνός Κεφαλές (Kynós Kefalés)
- Latin: Cynoscephalae
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007