κέφαλος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κέφαλος
κεφάλου
Structure:
κεφαλ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- 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.
- ἥττητο δὲ καὶ ὁ Λυσίασ Λαγίδοσ τῆσ ἑταίρασ, ἧσ ἔγραψεν ἐγκώμιον Κέφαλοσ ὁ ῥήτωρ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 62 1:2)
- καὶ τὸν Μενδήσιον οὕτωσ ὁ αὐτὸσ καταλέγει Μενδήσιὸσ θ’ ὡραῖοσ ἀκρόπαστοσ εὖ ξανθαῖσιν ὀπτὸσ κέφαλοσ ἀκτῖσιν πυρόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 88 3:4)
- "ἄρχονται μέν, φησί, κύειν τῶν κεστρέων οἱ μὲν χελλῶνεσ Ποσειδεῶνοσ μηνὸσ καὶ ὁ σαργὸσ καὶ ὁ μύξοσ καλούμενοσ καὶ ὁ κέφαλοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 77 2:1)
- "ὁ κεστρεὺσ καρχαρόδουσ ὢν οὐκ ἀλληλοφαγεῖ, ἅτε δὴ οὐδ’ ὅλωσ σαρκοφαγῶν, ἐστὶ δὲ ὁ μέν τισ κέφαλοσ, ὁ δὲ χελλών, ὁ δὲ φεραῖοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 77 3:2)
- ἐντεῦθεν ἀναπηδᾷ Κέφαλοσ οὑτοσὶ καὶ λέγει· (Andocides, Speeches, 187:2)
- ἀτὰρ ἢν Κέφαλόσ σοι λοιδορῆται προσφθαρείσ, πῶσ ἀντερεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἐν τἠκκλησίᾳ; (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Prologue 7:7)
Synonyms
-
a species of mullet
