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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/ → /ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/ → /ceˈfa.le.on/
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive form of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephắlaios, “primary”), from κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”).
Noun
κεφᾰ́λαιον • (kephắlaion) n (genitive κεφᾰλαίου); second declension
- main point, gist
- sum, total (of money)
- chapter (of a book)
Inflection
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
κεφάλαιον • (kephálaion)
- inflection of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephắlaios):
- masculine accusative singular
- 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.