Βουκέφαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς (Boukephálās)

Etymology

From βουκέφᾰλος (bouképhalos, “bull-headed”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.ké.pʰa.los/ → /βuˈce.ɸa.los/ → /vuˈce.fa.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.ké.pʰa.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /buˈke.pʰa.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βuˈce.ɸa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vuˈce.fa.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vuˈce.fa.los/

Proper noun

Βουκέφᾰλος • (Bouképhalos) m (genitive Βουκεφᾰ́λου); second declension

1. Bucephalus
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 15.1.29
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alexander the Great 6
   • 86 CE – 160 CE, Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander 5.14.4
   • c. 6th century CE, Stephanus Byzantius, Ethnica
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
   • Geoponica 16.2.1
2. (geography) a port of Corinth in the Saronic Gulf
   • 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Geography 3.14.33
3. (geography) a port in Attica
   • c. 6th century CE, Stephanus Byzantius, Ethnica

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Βουκέφᾰλος; τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βουκέφᾰλος ho Bouképhalos
Genitive	τοῦ Βουκεφᾰ́λου toû Boukephálou
Dative	τῷ Βουκεφᾰ́λῳ tôi Boukephálōi
Accusative	τὸν Βουκέφᾰλον tòn Bouképhalon
Vocative	Βουκέφᾰλε Bouképhale
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Būcephalus

Further reading

• Βουκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)