κεφάλαιον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈpʰa.lɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈfa.le.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈfa.le.on/
Etymology 1
Neuter substantive form of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephắlaios, “primary”), from κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”).
Noun
κεφᾰ́λαιον • (kephắlaion) n (genitive κεφᾰλαίου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον tò kephắlaion |
τὼ κεφᾰλαίω tṑ kephălaíō |
τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tằ kephắlaiă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κεφᾰλαίου toû kephălaíou |
τοῖν κεφᾰλαίοιν toîn kephălaíoin |
τῶν κεφᾰλαίων tôn kephălaíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κεφᾰλαίῳ tōî kephălaíōi |
τοῖν κεφᾰλαίοιν toîn kephălaíoin |
τοῖς κεφᾰλαίοις toîs kephălaíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον tò kephắlaion |
τὼ κεφᾰλαίω tṑ kephălaíō |
τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tằ kephắlaiă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κεφᾰ́λαιον kephắlaion |
κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō |
κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ kephắlaiă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ (kephalaion)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܦܠܐܘܢ (qeppalleʾōn), ܩܐܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qʾpʾlʾwn), ܩܗܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qhpʾlʾwn), ܩܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qpʾlʾwn), ܩܐܦܠܘܢ (qʾplwn), קפלאון (qeppalleʾōn)
- → Arabic: قَفْلَة (qafla)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
κεφάλαιον • (kephálaion)
- inflection of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephắlaios):
- masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
References
- “κεφάλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεφάλαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2774 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- κεφάλαιον 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.