Βουκέφαλος

Ancient Greek

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

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

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
a port of Corinth in the Saronic Gulf
- 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Geography 3.14.33
a port in Attica
- c. 6th century CE, Stephanus Byzantius, Ethnica

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.