Κηφισός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κᾱφῑσός (Kāphīsós) — Doric
• Κηφῐσσός (Kēphissós)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.pʰiː.sós/ → /ci.ɸiˈsos/ → /ci.fiˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.pʰiː.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝.pʰiˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.ɸiˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.fiˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.fiˈsos/

Proper noun

Κηφῑσός • (Kēphīsós) m (genitive Κηφῑσοῦ); second declension

1. Cephisus (a river in Boeotia, Greece)
2. Cephisus (a river in Attica, Greece)
3. Cephisus (a river in Argolis, Greece)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κηφῑσός; τοῦ Κηφῑσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κηφῑσός ho Kēphīsós
Genitive	τοῦ Κηφῑσοῦ toû Kēphīsoû
Dative	τῷ Κηφῑσῷ tôi Kēphīsôi
Accusative	τὸν Κηφῑσόν tòn Kēphīsón
Vocative	Κηφῑσέ Kēphīsé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κηφισός (Kifisós)

References

• “Κηφισός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κηφισός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Κηφισός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005