κεφαλῖνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ῖνος (-înos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.pʰa.lîː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke.pʰaˈli.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ce.ɸaˈli.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ce.faˈli.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ce.faˈli.nos/
Noun
κεφᾰλῖνος • (kephălînos) m (genitive κεφᾰλῑ́νου); second declension
- flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)
- Synonym: βλεψίας (blepsías)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κεφᾰλῖνος ho kephălînos |
τὼ κεφᾰλῑ́νω tṑ kephălī́nō |
οἱ κεφᾰλῖνοι hoi kephălînoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κεφᾰλῑ́νου toû kephălī́nou |
τοῖν κεφᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn kephălī́noin |
τῶν κεφᾰλῑ́νων tôn kephălī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κεφᾰλῑ́νῳ tōî kephălī́nōi |
τοῖν κεφᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn kephălī́noin |
τοῖς κεφᾰλῑ́νοις toîs kephălī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κεφᾰλῖνον tòn kephălînon |
τὼ κεφᾰλῑ́νω tṑ kephălī́nō |
τοὺς κεφᾰλῑ́νους toùs kephălī́nous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κεφᾰλῖνε kephălîne |
κεφᾰλῑ́νω kephălī́nō |
κεφᾰλῖνοι kephălînoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κεφαλῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεφαλῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette