Κέφαλος

See also: κέφαλος and -κέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.pʰa.los/ → /ˈce.ɸa.los/ → /ˈce.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.fa.los/

Proper noun

Κέφᾰλος • (Képhalos) m (genitive Κεφάλου); second declension

1. Cephalus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κέφᾰλος; τοῦ Κεφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κέφᾰλος ho Képhalos
Genitive	τοῦ Κεφᾰ́λου toû Kephálou
Dative	τῷ Κεφᾰ́λῳ tôi Kephálōi
Accusative	τὸν Κέφᾰλον tòn Képhalon
Vocative	Κέφᾰλε Képhale
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κέφαλος (Kéfalos)
• → Latin: Cephalus
• → Akkadian: 𒆠𒅁𒇻𒌦𒉡 (ke-ep-lu-un-nu)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005