Βουκεφάλας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhălos)

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) +‎ -ᾱς (-ās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.ke.pʰá.laːs/ → /βu.ceˈɸa.las/ → /vu.ceˈfa.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.ke.pʰá.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bu.keˈpʰa.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βu.ceˈɸa.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vu.ceˈfa.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vu.ceˈfa.las/

Proper noun

Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς • (Boukephắlās) m (genitive Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ); first declension

1. Bucephalus

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς; τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς ho Boukephắlās
Genitive	τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ toû Boukephắlā
Dative	τῷ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾳ tôi Boukephắlāi
Accusative	τὸν Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱν tòn Boukephắlān
Vocative	Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ Boukephắlā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Βουκεφάλας (Voukefálas)

References

• “Βουκεφάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Βουκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

Further reading

• Bucephalus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia