κέφαλος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κεφαλή (kephalḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ké.pʰa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke.pʰa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈce.ɸa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈce.fa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈce.fa.los/
Noun
κέφᾰλος • (képhălos) m (genitive κεφᾰ́λου); second declension
- a species of mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κέφᾰλος ho képhălos |
τὼ κεφᾰ́λω tṑ kephắlō |
οἱ κέφᾰλοι hoi képhăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου toû kephắlou |
τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν toîn kephắloin |
τῶν κεφᾰ́λων tôn kephắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κεφᾰ́λῳ tôi kephắlōi |
τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν toîn kephắloin |
τοῖς κεφᾰ́λοις toîs kephắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κέφᾰλον tòn képhălon |
τὼ κεφᾰ́λω tṑ kephắlō |
τοὺς κεφᾰ́λους toùs kephắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κέφᾰλε képhăle |
κεφᾰ́λω kephắlō |
κέφᾰλοι képhăloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “κέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhălos).
Noun
κέφαλος • (kéfalos) m (plural κέφαλοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κέφαλος (kéfalos) | κέφαλοι (kéfaloi) |
| genitive | κέφαλου (kéfalou) κεφάλου (kefálou) |
κέφαλων (kéfalon) κεφάλων (kefálon) |
| accusative | κέφαλο (kéfalo) | κέφαλους (kéfalous) κεφάλους (kefálous) |
| vocative | κέφαλε (kéfale) | κέφαλοι (kéfaloi) |
Second forms are formal.
Descendants
- → Albanian: qefull
- → Aromanian: chefal
- → Bulgarian: кефа́л (kefál)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كفال
- → Russian: кефаль (kefalʹ)
- → Persian: کفال
- → Romanian: chefal
See also
- κεφάλι n (kefáli, “head”)
Further reading
Κέφαλος (ψάρι) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
