"ἐγκέφαλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Adjective

IPA: /eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/, /eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/, /eɲˈɟe.fa.los/, /eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eŋˈke.pʰa.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eɲˈɟe.fa.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eɲˈɟe.fa.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ος (-os). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐν-|κεφᾰλή|-ος|id1=in|t1=in|t2=head}} ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ος (-os) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|ἐγκέφᾰλος|ον}} Forms: ἐγκέφᾰλος [canonical], enképhalos [romanization], ἐγκέφᾰλον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ἐγκέφᾰλος [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], ἐγκέφᾰλον [neuter, nominative, singular], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [dual, neuter, nominative], ἐγκέφᾰλοι [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], ἐγκέφᾰλᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], ἐγκεφᾰ́λου [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], ἐγκεφᾰ́λου [genitive, neuter, singular], ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], ἐγκεφᾰ́λων [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], ἐγκεφᾰ́λων [genitive, neuter, plural], ἐγκεφᾰ́λῳ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], ἐγκεφᾰ́λῳ [dative, neuter, singular], ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν [dative, dual, neuter], ἐγκεφᾰ́λοις [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], ἐγκεφᾰ́λοις [dative, neuter, plural], ἐγκέφᾰλον [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], ἐγκέφᾰλον [accusative, neuter, singular], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [accusative, dual, neuter], ἐγκεφᾰ́λους [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], ἐγκέφᾰλᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], ἐγκέφᾰλε [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], ἐγκέφᾰλον [neuter, singular, vocative], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [dual, neuter, vocative], ἐγκέφᾰλοι [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], ἐγκέφᾰλᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], ἐγκεφᾰ́λως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], ἐγκεφᾰλώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], ἐγκεφᾰλώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. inside the head
    Sense id: en-ἐγκέφαλος-grc-adj-4lqpruf~

Noun

IPA: /eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/, /eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/, /eɲˈɟe.fa.los/, /eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /eŋˈke.pʰa.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eɲˈɟe.fa.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eɲˈɟe.fa.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ος (-os). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐν-|κεφᾰλή|-ος|id1=in|t1=in|t2=head}} ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ος (-os) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐγκεφᾰ́λου|m|second|head=ἐγκέφᾰλος}} ἐγκέφᾰλος • (enképhalos) m (genitive ἐγκεφᾰ́λου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐγκέφᾰλος|ου}} Forms: ἐγκέφᾰλος [canonical], enképhalos [romanization], ἐγκεφᾰ́λου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ἐγκέφᾰλος [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [dual, nominative], οἱ ἐγκέφᾰλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ἐγκεφᾰ́λου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐγκεφᾰ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ ἐγκεφᾰ́λῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ἐγκεφᾰ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸν ἐγκέφᾰλον [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ἐγκεφᾰ́λους [accusative, plural], ἐγκέφᾰλε [singular, vocative], ἐγκεφᾰ́λω [dual, vocative], ἐγκέφᾰλοι [plural, vocative]
  1. brain
    Sense id: en-ἐγκέφαλος-grc-noun-u796ZBLW
  2. heart of the date palm Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-ἐγκέφαλος-grc-noun-MG9j8XKN Disambiguation of Anatomy: 18 23 59 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἐν- (in), Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 79 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 15 61 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 28 14 58 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms prefixed with ἐν- (in): 21 13 66 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος: 14 9 77 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 10 5 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: πᾰρεγκεφᾰλῐ́ς (parenkephalís), Διὸς ἐγκέφαλος (Diòs enképhalos) (english: rare and costly food; literally: Zeus' brain)

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      "ipa": "/eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἐγκεφᾰ́λοιν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "τὼ ἐγκεφᾰ́λω",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.fa.los/",
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    {
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        "feminine",
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      "form": "ἐγκεφᾰλώτᾰτος",
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      "ipa": "/eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/"
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      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/"
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      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.fa.los/"
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      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/",
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      "roman": "parenkephalís",
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    {
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.fa.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋ.ké.pʰa.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eŋˈke.pʰa.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.ɸa.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.fa.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eɲˈɟe.fa.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐγκέφαλος"
}

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