κεφάλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.pʰá.li.on/ → /ceˈɸa.li.on/ → /ceˈfa.li.on/

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

Noun

κεφᾰ́λῐον • (kephắlĭon) n (genitive κεφᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. little head

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κεφᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ κεφᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κεφᾰ́λῐον tò kephắlĭon	τὼ κεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kephălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ kephắlĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κεφᾰλῐ́ου toû kephălĭ́ou	τοῖν κεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kephălĭ́oin	τῶν κεφᾰλῐ́ων tôn kephălĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κεφᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi kephălĭ́ōi	τοῖν κεφᾰλῐ́οιν toîn kephălĭ́oin	τοῖς κεφᾰλῐ́οις toîs kephălĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κεφᾰ́λῐον tò kephắlĭon	τὼ κεφᾰλῐ́ω tṑ kephălĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λῐᾰ tằ kephắlĭă
Vocative	κεφᾰ́λῐον kephắlĭon	κεφᾰλῐ́ω kephălĭ́ō	κεφᾰ́λῐᾰ kephắlĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: κεφάλιν (kephálin)
  • Greek: κεφάλι (kefáli)

References

• “κεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεφάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κεφάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette