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βουκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βουκέφαλος

Structure: βουκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. bull-headed

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βουκέφαλος βουκέφαλα βουκέφαλον
Genitive βουκεφάλου βουκεφάλης βουκεφάλου
Dative βουκεφάλῳ βουκεφάλῃ βουκεφάλῳ
Accusative βουκέφαλον βουκέφαλαν βουκέφαλον
Vocative βουκέφαλε βουκέφαλα βουκέφαλον
DualN/A/V βουκεφάλω βουκεφάλᾱ βουκεφάλω
G/D βουκεφάλοιν βουκεφάλαιν βουκεφάλοιν
PluralNominative βουκέφαλοι βουκέφαλαι βουκέφαλα
Genitive βουκεφάλων βουκεφαλῶν βουκεφάλων
Dative βουκεφάλοις βουκεφάλαις βουκεφάλοις
Accusative βουκεφάλους βουκεφάλᾱς βουκέφαλα
Vocative βουκέφαλοι βουκέφαλαι βουκέφαλα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βουκέφαλος βουκεφάλου βουκεφαλότερος βουκεφαλοτέρου βουκεφαλότατος βουκεφαλοτάτου
Adverb βουκεφάλως βουκεφαλότερον βουκεφαλότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥσπερ οὖν τὸν Βουκέφαλον ὁ Ἀλέξανδροσ πρεσβύτερον ὄντα μὴ βουλόμενοσ πιέζειν ἑτέροισ ἐπωχεῖτο πρὸ τῆσ μάχησ ἵπποισ, ἐφοδεύων τὴν φάλαγγα καὶ καθιστὰσ εἰσ τὴν τάξιν, εἶτα δοὺσ τὸ σύνθημα καὶ μεταβὰσ ἐπ’ ἐκεῖνον εὐθὺσ ἐπῆγε τοῖσ πολεμίοισ καὶ διεκινδύνευεν · (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 192)

Synonyms

  1. bull-headed

    • φι (of the head.)

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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