Κεφαλληνία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Κεφαλλήν (Kephallḗn) + -ίᾱ (-íā)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.pʰal.lɛː.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke.pʰal.le̝ˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ce.ɸal.liˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ce.fal.liˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ce.fa.liˈni.a/
Proper noun
Κεφαλληνίᾱ • (Kephallēníā) f (genitive Κεφαλληνίᾱς); first declension
- Cephallenia; Kefalonia, Greece
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Κεφαλληνίᾱ hē Kephallēníā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κεφαλληνίᾱς tês Kephallēníās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κεφαλληνίᾳ têi Kephallēníāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κεφαλληνίᾱν tḕn Kephallēníān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κεφαλληνίᾱ Kephallēníā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κεφαλλήν (Kephallḗn)
Descendants
- Greek: Κεφαλληνία (Kefallinía); Κεφαλλονιά (Kefalloniá); Κεφαλονιά (Kefaloniá)
- → Italian: Cefalonia
- → Latin: Cephallēnia
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005