ἀκέφαλος

See also: ακέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, privative alpha) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓κέφᾰλος • (aképhalos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓κέφᾰλον); second declension

1. headless
2. without beginning

Inflection

Second declension of ᾰ̓κέφᾰλος; ᾰ̓κέφᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κέφᾰλος aképhalos	ᾰ̓κέφᾰλον aképhalon		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λω akephálō	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λω akephálō		ᾰ̓κέφᾰλοι aképhaloi	ᾰ̓κέφᾰλᾰ aképhala
Genitive		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λου akephálou	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λου akephálou		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λοιν akepháloin	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λοιν akepháloin		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λων akephálōn	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λων akephálōn
Dative		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λῳ akephálōi	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λῳ akephálōi		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λοιν akepháloin	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λοιν akepháloin		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λοις akephálois	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λοις akephálois
Accusative		ᾰ̓κέφᾰλον aképhalon	ᾰ̓κέφᾰλον aképhalon		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λω akephálō	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λω akephálō		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λους akephálous	ᾰ̓κέφᾰλᾰ aképhala
Vocative		ᾰ̓κέφᾰλε aképhale	ᾰ̓κέφᾰλον aképhalon		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λω akephálō	ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λω akephálō		ᾰ̓κέφᾰλοι aképhaloi	ᾰ̓κέφᾰλᾰ aképhala
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κεφᾰ́λως akephálōs			ᾰ̓κεφᾰλώτερος akephalṓteros			ᾰ̓κεφᾰλώτᾰτος akephalṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ακέφαλος (akéfalos)
• → Latin: acephalus

Further reading

• “ἀκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀκέφαλος 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.
  • headless idem, page 391.