κεφάλαιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.os/ → /ceˈɸa.lɛ.os/ → /ceˈfa.le.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈpʰa.lɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈɸa.lɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈfa.le.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈfa.le.os/

Adjective

κεφάλαιος • (kephálaios) m (feminine κεφᾰλαίᾱ, neuter κεφάλαιον); first/second declension

1. main, chief, principal, primary
2. (economics) capital, principal
3. sum, completion

Declension

First and second declension of κεφᾰ́λαιος; κεφᾰλαίᾱ; κεφᾰ́λαιον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κεφᾰ́λαιος kephắlaios	κεφᾰλαίᾱ kephălaíā	κεφᾰ́λαιον kephắlaion		κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō	κεφᾰλαίᾱ kephălaíā	κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō		κεφᾰ́λαιοι kephắlaioi	κεφᾰ́λαιαι kephắlaiai	κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ kephắlaiă
Genitive		κεφᾰλαίου kephălaíou	κεφᾰλαίᾱς kephălaíās	κεφᾰλαίου kephălaíou		κεφᾰλαίοιν kephălaíoin	κεφᾰλαίαιν kephălaíain	κεφᾰλαίοιν kephălaíoin		κεφᾰλαίων kephălaíōn	κεφᾰλαίων kephălaíōn	κεφᾰλαίων kephălaíōn
Dative		κεφᾰλαίῳ kephălaíōi	κεφᾰλαίᾳ kephălaíāi	κεφᾰλαίῳ kephălaíōi		κεφᾰλαίοιν kephălaíoin	κεφᾰλαίαιν kephălaíain	κεφᾰλαίοιν kephălaíoin		κεφᾰλαίοις kephălaíois	κεφᾰλαίαις kephălaíais	κεφᾰλαίοις kephălaíois
Accusative		κεφᾰ́λαιον kephắlaion	κεφᾰλαίᾱν kephălaíān	κεφᾰ́λαιον kephắlaion		κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō	κεφᾰλαίᾱ kephălaíā	κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō		κεφᾰλαίους kephălaíous	κεφᾰλαίᾱς kephălaíās	κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ kephắlaiă
Vocative		κεφᾰ́λαιε kephắlaie	κεφᾰλαίᾱ kephălaíā	κεφᾰ́λαιον kephắlaion		κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō	κεφᾰλαίᾱ kephălaíā	κεφᾰλαίω kephălaíō		κεφᾰ́λαιοι kephắlaioi	κεφᾰ́λαιαι kephắlaiai	κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ kephắlaiă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κεφᾰλαίως kephălaíōs				κεφᾰλαιότερος kephălaióteros				κεφᾰλαιότᾰτος kephălaiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεφᾰλαιόω (kephălaióō, verb)

Further reading

• “κεφάλαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεφάλαιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κεφάλαιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κεφάλαιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter