ὑδροκέφαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) +‎ κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dro.ké.pʰa.lon/ → /y.ðroˈce.ɸa.lon/ → /i.ðroˈce.fa.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dro.ké.pʰa.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.droˈke.pʰa.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈce.ɸa.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈce.fa.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðroˈce.fa.lon/

Noun

ὑδροκέφᾰλον • (hudroképhalon) n (genitive ὑδροκεφᾰ́λου); second declension

1. (pathology) hydrocephalus, water on the brain

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὑδροκέφᾰλον; τοῦ ὑδροκεφᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὑδροκέφᾰλον tò hudroképhalon	τὼ ὑδροκεφᾰ́λω tṑ hudrokephálō	τᾰ̀ ὑδροκέφᾰλᾰ tà hudroképhala
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδροκεφᾰ́λου toû hudrokephálou	τοῖν ὑδροκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn hudrokepháloin	τῶν ὑδροκεφᾰ́λων tôn hudrokephálōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδροκεφᾰ́λῳ tôi hudrokephálōi	τοῖν ὑδροκεφᾰ́λοιν toîn hudrokepháloin	τοῖς ὑδροκεφᾰ́λοις toîs hudrokephálois
Accusative	τὸ ὑδροκέφᾰλον tò hudroképhalon	τὼ ὑδροκεφᾰ́λω tṑ hudrokephálō	τᾰ̀ ὑδροκέφᾰλᾰ tà hudroképhala
Vocative	ὑδροκέφᾰλον hudroképhalon	ὑδροκεφᾰ́λω hudrokephálō	ὑδροκέφᾰλᾰ hudroképhala
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: hydrocephalus

Further reading

• “ὑδροκέφαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑδροκέφαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette