κεκρύφαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, undoubtedly of Pre-Greek origin even if traditionally linked to κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.krý.pʰa.los/ → /ceˈkry.ɸa.los/ → /ceˈkri.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.krý.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈkry.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈkry.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈkry.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈkri.fa.los/

Noun

κεκρύφᾰλος • (kekrúphalos) m (genitive κεκρῠφάλου); second declension

1. hairnet for women, snood
2. part of the headstall of a bridle
3. (zoology) reticulum, the second stomach of ruminants
4. pouch or belly of a hunting net

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κεκρῠ́φᾰλος; τοῦ κεκρῠφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κεκρῠ́φᾰλος ho kekrúphalos	τὼ κεκρῠφᾰ́λω tṑ kekruphálō	οἱ κεκρῠ́φᾰλοι hoi kekrúphaloi
Genitive	τοῦ κεκρῠφᾰ́λου toû kekruphálou	τοῖν κεκρῠφᾰ́λοιν toîn kekrupháloin	τῶν κεκρῠφᾰ́λων tôn kekruphálōn
Dative	τῷ κεκρῠφᾰ́λῳ tôi kekruphálōi	τοῖν κεκρῠφᾰ́λοιν toîn kekrupháloin	τοῖς κεκρῠφᾰ́λοις toîs kekruphálois
Accusative	τὸν κεκρῠ́φᾰλον tòn kekrúphalon	τὼ κεκρῠφᾰ́λω tṑ kekruphálō	τοὺς κεκρῠφᾰ́λους toùs kekruphálous
Vocative	κεκρῠ́φᾰλε kekrúphale	κεκρῠφᾰ́λω kekruphálō	κεκρῠ́φᾰλοι kekrúphaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεκρυφάλιον (kekruphálion)
• κεκρυφαλοπλόκος (kekruphaloplókos)

 

Further reading

• “κεκρύφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κεκρύφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN