ἐγκέφαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[κεφαλή]]) [[within the head]]: as [[substantive]], [[ἐγκέφαλος]] (sc. [[μυελός]]), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[brain]], Il.3.300, Od.9.458, etc.; τὸν ἐ. σεσεῖσθαι Ar. Nu.1276; ὁ ἐγκέφαλος ἐστιν ὁ τὰς αἰσθήσεις παρέχων τοῦ [[ἀκούειν]] κτλ. Pl.Phd. 96b, cf. Arist.Sens.438b25 (but cf. Metaph.1013a6).<br><span class="bld">II</span> the  [[heart]] of the [[date]][[-palm]] or the [[cabbage]] of the [[date]]-[[palm]], X.An.2.3.16, Thphr.HP2.6.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[Διὸς ἐγκέφαλος]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[rare]] and [[costly]] [[food]], [[morsel for a king]], [[morsel fit for a king]], Ephipp. 13.7, Clearch. 5.