Κέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation
 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
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