κέφαλος

See also: Κέφαλος and -κέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφαλή (kephalḗ).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κέφᾰλος • (képhălos) m (genitive κεφᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. a species of mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κέφᾰλος; τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κέφᾰλος
ho képhălos 		τὼ κεφᾰ́λω
tṑ kephắlō 		οἱ κέφᾰλοι
hoi képhăloi
Genitive τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου
toû kephắlou 		τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν
toîn kephắloin 		τῶν κεφᾰ́λων
tôn kephắlōn
Dative τῷ κεφᾰ́λῳ
tōî kephắlōi 		τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν
toîn kephắloin 		τοῖς κεφᾰ́λοις
toîs kephắlois
Accusative τὸν κέφᾰλον
tòn képhălon 		τὼ κεφᾰ́λω
tṑ kephắlō 		τοὺς κεφᾰ́λους
toùs kephắlous
Vocative κέφᾰλε
képhăle 		κεφᾰ́λω
kephắlō 		κέφᾰλοι
képhăloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: κέφαλος (kéfalos) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Latin: cephalus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhălos).

Noun

κέφαλος • (kéfalos) m (plural κέφαλοι)

  1. mullet, grey mullet, flathead mullet

Declension

Declension of κέφαλος
singular plural
nominative κέφαλος (kéfalos) κέφαλοι (kéfaloi)
genitive κέφαλου (kéfalou)
κεφάλου (kefálou) 		κέφαλων (kéfalon)
κεφάλων (kefálon)
accusative κέφαλο (kéfalo) κέφαλους (kéfalous)
κεφάλους (kefálous)
vocative κέφαλε (kéfale) κέφαλοι (kéfaloi)

Second forms are formal.

Descendants

See also

Further reading

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