προσκεφάλαιον

Ancient Greek

From πρός (prós, “with”) and κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

προσκεφάλαιον • (proskephálaion) n (genitive προσκεφαλαίου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ προσκεφᾰ́λαιον; τοῦ προσκεφᾰλαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ προσκεφᾰ́λαιον tò proskephắlaion	τὼ προσκεφᾰλαίω tṑ proskephălaíō	τᾰ̀ προσκεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tằ proskephắlaiă
Genitive	τοῦ προσκεφᾰλαίου toû proskephălaíou	τοῖν προσκεφᾰλαίοιν toîn proskephălaíoin	τῶν προσκεφᾰλαίων tôn proskephălaíōn
Dative	τῷ προσκεφᾰλαίῳ tōî proskephălaíōi	τοῖν προσκεφᾰλαίοιν toîn proskephălaíoin	τοῖς προσκεφᾰλαίοις toîs proskephălaíois
Accusative	τὸ προσκεφᾰ́λαιον tò proskephắlaion	τὼ προσκεφᾰλαίω tṑ proskephălaíō	τᾰ̀ προσκεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tằ proskephắlaiă
Vocative	προσκεφᾰ́λαιον proskephắlaion	προσκεφᾰλαίω proskephălaíō	προσκεφᾰ́λαιᾰ proskephắlaiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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“προσκεφάλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
προσκεφάλαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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