Κυνὸς Κεφαλαί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠνός (kunós, genitive of κῠ́ων (kúōn, “dog”)) +‎ κεφᾰλαί (kephalaí, plural of κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ky.nòs ke.pʰa.lǎi̯/ → /cyˈnos ce.ɸaˈlɛ/ → /ciˈnos ce.faˈle/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ky.nòs ke.pʰa.lǎi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kyˈnos ke.pʰaˈlɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnos ce.ɸaˈlɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cyˈnos ce.faˈle/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈnos ce.faˈle/

Proper noun

Κῠνὸς Κεφᾰλαί • (Kunòs Kephalaí) f pl (genitive Κῠνὸς Κεφᾰλῶν); first declension

1. Cynoscephalae, the location of the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, near modern Larissa

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Κυνος Κεφαλαί; τῶν Κυνος Κεφαλῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Κυνος Κεφαλαί hai Kunos Kephalaí
Genitive	τῶν Κυνος Κεφαλῶν tôn Kunos Kephalôn
Dative	ταῖς Κυνος Κεφαλαῖς taîs Kunos Kephalaîs
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Κυνος Κεφαλᾱ́ς tā̀s Kunos Kephalā́s
Vocative	Κυνος Κεφαλαί Kunos Kephalaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Although not shown in this table, the first word κυνὸς always carries a grave accent.

Descendants

• Greek: Κυνός Κεφαλές (Kynós Kefalés)
• Latin: Cynoscephalae

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007