κεφαλῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.pʰa.lîː.nos/ → /ce.ɸaˈli.nos/ → /ce.faˈli.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰa.lîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰaˈli.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.ɸaˈli.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.faˈli.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.faˈli.nos/

Noun

κεφᾰλῖνος • (kephalînos) m (genitive κεφᾰλῑ́νου); second declension

1. flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)

   Synonym: βλεψίας (blepsías)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κεφᾰλῖνος; τοῦ κεφᾰλῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κεφᾰλῖνος ho kephalînos	τὼ κεφᾰλῑ́νω tṑ kephalī́nō	οἱ κεφᾰλῖνοι hoi kephalînoi
Genitive	τοῦ κεφᾰλῑ́νου toû kephalī́nou	τοῖν κεφᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn kephalī́noin	τῶν κεφᾰλῑ́νων tôn kephalī́nōn
Dative	τῷ κεφᾰλῑ́νῳ tôi kephalī́nōi	τοῖν κεφᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn kephalī́noin	τοῖς κεφᾰλῑ́νοις toîs kephalī́nois
Accusative	τὸν κεφᾰλῖνον tòn kephalînon	τὼ κεφᾰλῑ́νω tṑ kephalī́nō	τοὺς κεφᾰλῑ́νους toùs kephalī́nous
Vocative	κεφᾰλῖνε kephalîne	κεφᾰλῑ́νω kephalī́nō	κεφᾰλῖνοι kephalînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κεφαλῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κεφαλῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette