κεφάλαιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive form of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephálaios, “primary”), from κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Noun

κεφᾰ́λαιον • (kephálaion) n (genitive κεφᾰλαίου); second declension

1. main point, gist
2. sum, total (of money)
3. chapter (of a book)

Inflection

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)

1. inflection of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephálaios):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. 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.