"κέφαλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κέφαλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ké.pʰa.los/, /ˈce.ɸa.los/, /ˈce.fa.los/, /ké.pʰa.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈke.pʰa.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈce.ɸa.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈce.fa.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈce.fa.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From κεφαλή (kephalḗ). Head templates: {{grc-noun|κεφᾰ́λου|m|second|head=κέφᾰλος}} κέφᾰλος • (képhalos) m (genitive κεφᾰ́λου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κέφᾰλος|ου}} Forms: κέφᾰλος [canonical], képhalos [romanization], κεφᾰ́λου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ κέφᾰλος [nominative, singular], τὼ κεφᾰ́λω [dual, nominative], οἱ κέφᾰλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ κεφᾰ́λου [genitive, singular], τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κεφᾰ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ κεφᾰ́λῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν κεφᾰ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κεφᾰ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸν κέφᾰλον [accusative, singular], τὼ κεφᾰ́λω [accusative, dual], τοὺς κεφᾰ́λους [accusative, plural], κέφᾰλε [singular, vocative], κεφᾰ́λω [dual, vocative], κέφᾰλοι [plural, vocative]
  1. a species of mullet (Mugil cephalus)

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