κέφαλος

See also: Κέφαλος and -κέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεφαλή (kephalḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ké.pʰa.los/ → /ˈce.ɸa.los/ → /ˈce.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ké.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈce.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈce.fa.los/

Noun

κέφᾰλος • (képhălos) m (genitive κεφᾰ́λου); second declension

1. a species of mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κέφᾰλος ho képhălos	τὼ κεφᾰ́λω tṑ kephắlō	οἱ κέφᾰλοι hoi képhăloi
Genitive	τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου toû kephắlou	τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν toîn kephắloin	τῶν κεφᾰ́λων tôn kephắlōn
Dative	τῷ κεφᾰ́λῳ tôi kephắlōi	τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν toîn kephắloin	τοῖς κεφᾰ́λοις toîs kephắlois
Accusative	τὸν κέφᾰλον tòn képhălon	τὼ κεφᾰ́λω tṑ kephắlō	τοὺς κεφᾰ́λους toùs kephắlous
Vocative	κέφᾰλε képhăle	κεφᾰ́λω kephắlō	κέφᾰλοι képhăloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ὁ κέφᾰλος; τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Descendants

• Greek: κέφαλος (kéfalos)
  • → Albanian: qefull
  • → Aromanian: chefal
  • → Bulgarian: кефа́л (kefál)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كفال
    • Turkish: kefal
    • → Armenian: քեֆալ (kʻefal)
    • → Azerbaijani: kefal
    • → Georgian: კეფალი (ḳepali)
  • → Russian: кефаль (kefalʹ)
    • → Persian: کفال
  • → Romanian: chefal
• → Latin: cephalus
  • Italian: cefalo
  • Neapolitan: cefaro
  • Venetan: çièvoło
  • → Polish: cefal

Further reading

• “κέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhălos).

Noun

κέφαλος • (kéfalos) m (plural κέφαλοι)

1. mullet, grey mullet, flathead mullet

Declension

Declension of κέφαλος

	singular	plural
nominative	κέφαλος (kéfalos)	κέφαλοι (kéfaloi)
genitive	κέφαλου (kéfalou) κεφάλου (kefálou)	κέφαλων (kéfalon) κεφάλων (kefálon)
accusative	κέφαλο (kéfalo)	κέφαλους (kéfalous) κεφάλους (kefálous)
vocative	κέφαλε (kéfale)	κέφαλοι (kéfaloi)

Second forms are formal. 

Descendants

• → Albanian: qefull
• → Aromanian: chefal
• → Bulgarian: кефа́л (kefál)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كفال
  • Turkish: kefal
  • → Armenian: քեֆալ (kʻefal)
  • → Azerbaijani: kefal
  • → Georgian: კეფალი (ḳepali)
• → Russian: кефаль (kefalʹ)
  • → Persian: کفال
• → Romanian: chefal

See also

• κεφάλι n (kefáli, “head”)

Further reading

• Κέφαλος (ψάρι) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el