κεφάλαιον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/ → /ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/ → /ceˈfa.le.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.pʰá.lai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈpʰa.lɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈɸa.lɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈfa.le.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈfa.le.on/

Etymology 1

Neuter substantive form of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephálaios, “primary”), from κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Noun

κεφᾰ́λαιον • (kephálaion) n (genitive κεφᾰλαίου); second declension

1. main point, gist
2. sum, total (of money)
3. chapter (of a book)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον; τοῦ κεφᾰλαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον tò kephálaion	τὼ κεφᾰλαίω tṑ kephalaíō	τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tà kephálaia
Genitive	τοῦ κεφᾰλαίου toû kephalaíou	τοῖν κεφᾰλαίοιν toîn kephalaíoin	τῶν κεφᾰλαίων tôn kephalaíōn
Dative	τῷ κεφᾰλαίῳ tôi kephalaíōi	τοῖν κεφᾰλαίοιν toîn kephalaíoin	τοῖς κεφᾰλαίοις toîs kephalaíois
Accusative	τὸ κεφᾰ́λαιον tò kephálaion	τὼ κεφᾰλαίω tṑ kephalaíō	τᾰ̀ κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ tà kephálaia
Vocative	κεφᾰ́λαιον kephálaion	κεφᾰλαίω kephalaíō	κεφᾰ́λαιᾰ kephálaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲕⲉⲫⲁⲗⲁⲓⲟⲛ (kephalaion)
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܦܠܐܘܢ (qeppalleʾōn), ܩܐܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qʾpʾlʾwn), ܩܗܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qhpʾlʾwn), ܩܦܐܠܐܘܢ (qpʾlʾwn), ܩܐܦܠܘܢ (qʾplwn), קפלאון (qeppalleʾōn)
  • → Arabic: قَفْلَة (qafla)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

κεφάλαιον • (kephálaion)

1. inflection of κεφᾰ́λαιος (kephálaios):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

References

• “κεφάλαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κεφάλαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2774 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• κεφάλαιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abstract idem, page 4.
  • consummation idem, page 166.
  • epitome idem, page 279.
  • gist idem, page 360.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • kernel idem, page 468.
  • substance idem, page 832.
  • sum idem, page 837.
  • summary idem, page 837.
  • synopsis idem, page 851.
  • total idem, page 884.