Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκέφαλος ἀκέφαλος ἀκέφαλον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + κεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. headless
  2. without beginning

Examples

  • αἱ δ’ ἐπινήχονται τό τε σχῆμα καὶ τὸ μέγεθοσ ταύροισ ἀκεφάλοισ παραπλήσιαι. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 541:2)

Synonyms

  1. headless

  2. without beginning

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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