κεφάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.pʰá.li.on/ → /ceˈɸa.li.on/ → /ceˈfa.li.on/

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

Noun

κεφᾰ́λῐον • (kephálion) n (genitive κεφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. little head

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κεφᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ κεφᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κεφᾰ́λῐον tò kephálion	τὼ κεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kephalíō	τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tà kephália
Genitive	τοῦ κεφᾰλῐ́ου toû kephalíou	τοῖν κεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kephalíoin	τῶν κεφᾰλῐ́ων tôn kephalíōn
Dative	τῷ κεφᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi kephalíōi	τοῖν κεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kephalíoin	τοῖς κεφᾰλῐ́οις toîs kephalíois
Accusative	τὸ κεφᾰ́λῐον tò kephálion	τὼ κεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kephalíō	τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tà kephália
Vocative	κεφᾰ́λῐον kephálion	κεφᾰλῐ́ω kephalíō	κεφᾰ́λῐᾰ kephália
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: κεφάλιν (kephálin)
  • Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli)

References

• “κεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κεφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette