αἰγοκέφαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From αἴξ (aíx, “goat”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡo.ké.pʰa.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɡoˈke.pʰa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛ.ɣoˈce.ɸa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.ɣoˈce.fa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ɣoˈce.fa.los/
Noun
αἰγοκέφᾰλος • (aigoképhălos) m (genitive αἰγοκεφᾰ́λου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ αἰγοκέφᾰλος ho aigoképhălos |
τὼ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λω tṑ aigokephắlō |
οἱ αἰγοκέφᾰλοι hoi aigoképhăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λου toû aigokephắlou |
τοῖν αἰγοκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn aigokephắloin |
τῶν αἰγοκεφᾰ́λων tôn aigokephắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λῳ tōî aigokephắlōi |
τοῖν αἰγοκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn aigokephắloin |
τοῖς αἰγοκεφᾰ́λοις toîs aigokephắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν αἰγοκέφᾰλον tòn aigoképhălon |
τὼ αἰγοκεφᾰ́λω tṑ aigokephắlō |
τοὺς αἰγοκεφᾰ́λους toùs aigokephắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αἰγοκέφᾰλε aigoképhăle |
αἰγοκεφᾰ́λω aigokephắlō |
αἰγοκέφᾰλοι aigoképhăloi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: aegocephalos
Further reading
- “αἰγοκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αἰγοκέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰγοκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)