See κεφαλή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
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"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "κεφᾰλῆς",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Attic declension-1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "grc-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
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{
"form": "First declension",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
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{
"form": "ἡ κεφᾰλή",
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "κεφᾰλᾱ́",
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"dual",
"nominative"
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"form": "αἱ κεφᾰλαί",
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "τῆς κεφᾰλῆς",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "κεφᾰλαῖν",
"roman": "kephălaîn",
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"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
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},
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "τῇ κεφᾰλῇ",
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
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{
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"dative",
"dual"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"singular"
]
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"dual"
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"plural"
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}
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"(Byzantine) a provincial governor"
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{
"ipa": "/ce.ɸaˈli/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ce.faˈli/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ke.pʰa.lɛ̌ː/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
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"ipa": "/ce.ɸaˈli/",
"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
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"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ce.faˈli/",
"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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],
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"Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
"Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
"Ancient Greek lemmas",
"Ancient Greek nouns",
"Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰebʰ-",
"Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
"Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"grc:Anatomy",
"grc:Byzantine Empire"
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"word": "ἀμφικέφαλος"
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
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"2": "cephalo-",
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},
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"tags": [
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"nominative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "τῆς κεφᾰλῆς",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
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{
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"plural"
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{
"form": "τῇ κεφᾰλῇ",
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"tags": [
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "κεφᾰλαῖν",
"roman": "kephălaîn",
"source": "declension",
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"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "ταῖς κεφᾰλαῖς",
"roman": "taîs kephălaîs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"dual"
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"accusative",
"plural"
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{
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"2": "κεφᾰλῆς",
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"a person's life (often in the sense of being in danger, similar to the English idiom \"head is on the line\")."
],
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"life",
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[
"danger",
"danger"
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},
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"the topmost part"
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"a provincial governor"
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[
"governor",
"governor"
]
],
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{
"ipa": "/ce.ɸaˈli/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ce.faˈli/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ke.pʰa.lɛ̌ː/",
"note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
},
{
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"note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
},
{
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"note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
},
{
"ipa": "/ce.faˈli/",
"note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
},
{
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"note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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],
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}
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