Βουκεφάλας
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos)
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /boː.ke.pʰá.laːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bu.kɛˈpʰa.las/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βu.keˈɸa.las/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vu.ceˈfa.las/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vu.ceˈfa.las/
Proper noun
Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς • (Boukephálās) m (genitive Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς ho Boukephálās | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ toû Boukephálā | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Βουκεφᾰ́λᾳ tôi Boukephálāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱν tòn Boukephálān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ Boukephálā | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
- Greek: Βουκεφάλας (Voukefálas)
References
- Βουκεφάλας in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Βουκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
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