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κέφαλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κέφαλος κεφάλου

Structure: κεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a species of mullet

Declension

Second declension

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

  • δεῦρο Ἄνυτε, Κέφαλε, ἔτι δὲ καὶ οἱ φυλέται οἱ ᾑρημένοι μοι συνδικεῖν, Θράσυλλοσ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι. (Andocides, Speeches, 240:2)
  • καί μου λαβόμενοσ τῆσ χειρὸσ ὁ Ἀδείμαντοσ, Χαῖρ’, ἔφη, ὦ Κέφαλε, καὶ εἴ του δέῃ τῶν τῇδε ὧν ἡμεῖσ δυνατοί, φράζε. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 2:2)
  • καὶ μήν, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὦ Κέφαλε, χαίρω γε διαλεγόμενοσ τοῖσ σφόδρα πρεσβύταισ· (Plato, Republic, book 1 27:1)
  • ὦ Κέφαλε, οἶμαί σου τοὺσ πολλούσ, ὅταν ταῦτα λέγῃσ, οὐκ ἀποδέχεσθαι ἀλλ’ ἡγεῖσθαί σε ῥᾳδίωσ τὸ γῆρασ φέρειν οὐ διὰ τὸν τρόπον ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ πολλὴν οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι· (Plato, Republic, book 1 36:1)
  • πότερον δέ, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὦ Κέφαλε, ὧν κέκτησαι τὰ πλείω παρέλαβεσ ἢ ἐπεκτήσω; (Plato, Republic, book 1 40:1)

Synonyms

  1. a species of mullet

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