ἀκέφαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[headless]]: <b class="b3">οἱ ἀκέφαλοι</b>, [[fabulous]] creatures in [[Libya]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.191</span>; ἀκέφαλοι ταῦροι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>4.8.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[without beginning]], [[λόγος]], [[μῦθος]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lg.</span>752a</span>; [[without peroration]], μῦθος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Scyth.</span>9</span>; of verses [[which lack the first mora]], <span class="bibl">Heph.6.2</span>,al., cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.14.632d</span>. Adv. [[ἀκεφάλως]], [[ἐμβάλλειν]] τοῖς πράγμασι <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Inv.</span>2.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[αἵρεσις]] ἀκέφαλος = [[sect]] [[with no known head]], Suid.; ἀκέφαλοι, οἱ, <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>109</span> <span class="title">Praef.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἄτιμος]], <span class="bibl">Artem.1.35</span>; cf. Lat. [[capite deminutus]].</span>