Κηφεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.pʰěu̯s/ → /ciˈɸeɸs/ → /ciˈfefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.pʰěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈpʰews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈɸeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈfefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈfefs/

Proper noun

Κηφεύς • (Kēpheús) m (genitive Κηφέως); third declension

1. Cepheus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κηφεύς; τοῦ Κηφέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κηφεύς ho Kēpheús
Genitive	τοῦ Κηφέως toû Kēphéōs
Dative	τῷ Κηφεῖ tôi Kēpheî
Accusative	τὸν Κηφέᾱ tòn Kēphéā
Vocative	Κηφεῦ Kēpheû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κηφεύς (Kiféfs)
• Latin: Cēpheus

References

• “Κηφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Κηφεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005

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Greek

Alternative forms

• Κηφέας (Kiféas)

Proper noun

Κηφεύς • (Kiféfs) m (learned form)

1. (Greek mythology) Cepheus (mythical husband of Cassiopeia)
2. (astronomy) Cepheus (constellation)

Declension

  Κηφεύς

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Κηφεύς •
genitive	Κηφέως •
accusative	Κηφέα •
vocative	—

Further reading

• Κηφεύς on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el