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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κέφαλος κεφάλω κέφαλοι
Genitive κεφάλου κεφάλοιν κεφάλων
Dative κεφάλῳ κεφάλοιν κεφάλοις
Accusative κέφαλον κεφάλω κεφάλους
Vocative κέφαλε κεφάλω κέφαλοι

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

  • αὐτὰρ ὑπαὶ Κεφάλῳ φιτύσατο φαίδιμον υἱόν, ἴφθιμον Φαέθοντα, θεοῖσ ἐπιείκελον ἄνδρα. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 107:2)
  • οἷσ καὶ σύνεισιν Ηὢσ μὲν Κεφάλῳ καὶ Κλείτῳ καὶ Τιθωνῷ, Δημήτηρ Ιἀσίωνι, Ἀφροδίτη Ἀγχίσῃ καὶ Ἀδώνιδι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 20 4:2)
  • τὴν μὲν οὖν Κομαιθὼ κτείνει Ἀμφιτρύων καὶ τὴν λείαν ἔχων εἰσ Θήβασ ἔπλει, καὶ τὰσ νήσουσ Ἑλείῳ καὶ Κεφάλῳ δίδωσι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 4 7:8)
  • δείσασα δὲ αὖθισ τὴν Μίνωοσ γυναῖκα ἧκεν εἰσ Ἀθήνασ, καὶ διαλλαγεῖσα Κεφάλῳ μετὰ τούτου παραγίνεται ἐπὶ θήραν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 15 1:9)
  • ἔστι δὲ πεποιημένα ἐν Νόστοισ Μινύου μὲν τὴν Κλυμένην θυγατέρα εἶναι, γήμασθαι δὲ αὐτὴν Κεφάλῳ τῷ Δηίονοσ καὶ γενέσθαι σφίσιν Ἴφικλον παῖδα. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 29 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. a species of mullet

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