Κεφαλληνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Κεφαλλήν (Kephallḗn) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.pʰal.lɛː.ní.aː/ → /ce.ɸal.liˈni.a/ → /ce.fa.liˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰal.lɛː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰal.le̝ˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.ɸal.liˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.fal.liˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.fa.liˈni.a/

Proper noun

Κεφαλληνίᾱ • (Kephallēníā) f (genitive Κεφαλληνίᾱς); first declension

1. Cephallenia; Kefalonia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κεφαλληνίᾱ; τῆς Κεφαλληνίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κεφαλληνίᾱ hē Kephallēníā
Genitive	τῆς Κεφαλληνίᾱς tês Kephallēníās
Dative	τῇ Κεφαλληνίᾳ têi Kephallēníāi
Accusative	τὴν Κεφαλληνίᾱν tḕn Kephallēníān
Vocative	Κεφαλληνίᾱ Kephallēníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005