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κεφάλιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεφάλιον κεφαλίου

Structure: κεφαλι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/의 지소사, Plut.

Sense

  1. little head

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κεφάλιον κεφαλίω κεφάλια
Genitive κεφαλίου κεφαλίοιν κεφαλίων
Dative κεφαλίῳ κεφαλίοιν κεφαλίοις
Accusative κεφάλιον κεφαλίω κεφάλια
Vocative κεφάλιον κεφαλίω κεφάλια

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

  • Χαιρημονιανὸσ ὁ Τραλλιανόσ, ἰχθυδίων ποτὲ παντοδαπῶν παρατεθέντων, ἓν ἐπιδείξασ ἡμῖν ὀξὺ τῷ κεφαλίῳ καὶ πρόμηκεσ ἔλεγε τούτῳ προσεοικέναι τὴν ἐχενηίδα· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 2, 1:1)
  • Κεφαλίων. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 61:3)
  • καὶ κεφάλιον μὲν ἀσθενὲσ ἔχει καὶ μικρόν, μηροῖσ δὲ καὶ κώλοισ ὑπάρχει καρτερώτατον, διχήλου τῆσ βάσεωσ οὔσησ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 28 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. little head

Similar forms

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