προσκεφάλαιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πρός (prós, “with”) and κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pros.ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/ → /pros.ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/ → /pros.ceˈfa.le.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pros.ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pros.keˈpʰa.lɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pros.ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pros.ceˈfa.le.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pros.ceˈfa.le.on/

Noun

προσκεφάλαιον • (proskephálaion) n (genitive προσκεφαλαίου); second declension

1. pillow
2. cushion

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ προσκεφᾰ́λαιον; τοῦ προσκεφᾰλαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ προσκεφᾰ́λαιον tò proskephálaion	τὼ προσκεφᾰλαίω tṑ proskephalaíō	τᾰ̀ προσκεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tà proskephálaia
Genitive	τοῦ προσκεφᾰλαίου toû proskephalaíou	τοῖν προσκεφᾰλαίοιν toîn proskephalaíoin	τῶν προσκεφᾰλαίων tôn proskephalaíōn
Dative	τῷ προσκεφᾰλαίῳ tôi proskephalaíōi	τοῖν προσκεφᾰλαίοιν toîn proskephalaíoin	τοῖς προσκεφᾰλαίοις toîs proskephalaíois
Accusative	τὸ προσκεφᾰ́λαιον tò proskephálaion	τὼ προσκεφᾰλαίω tṑ proskephalaíō	τᾰ̀ προσκεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tà proskephálaia
Vocative	προσκεφᾰ́λαιον proskephálaion	προσκεφᾰλαίω proskephalaíō	προσκεφᾰ́λαιᾰ proskephálaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “προσκεφάλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “προσκεφάλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• προσκεφάλαιον 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
• G4344 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• προσκεφάλαιον 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cushion idem, page 191.
  • pillow idem, page 613.