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|Definition=[ᾰ], α, ον, ([[κεφαλή]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of the head]]: metaph., [[principal]], [[chief]], <b class="b3">ῥῆμα κ</b>. (with a play on <b class="b3">κεφαλίτης λίθος</b>) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>854</span>; τὸ κ. μέρος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>151.16</span> (vi A.D.): Sup. -ότατος [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>494e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> mostly Subst. [[κεφάλαιον]], τό = [[κεφαλή]], [[head]], [[parts about the head]], esp. of fish, <b class="b3">θύννου κ. τοδί</b> Callias Com.<span class="bibl">3</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">Amphis 35</span>, Sotad. Com.<span class="bibl">1.5</span>; also κ. ῥαφανῖδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>981</span>; of an infant, Leonid. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët.6.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[chief]] or [[main]] [[point]], κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>643c</span>; especially in speaking or writing, [[sum]], [[gist of the matter]], κεφάλαια λόγων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.116</span>; κ. τοῦ παντὸς λόγου <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Georg.</span> 75</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>5.18.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ</b> drawing up the [[heads]] of the play, <span class="bibl">Antiph.113.5</span>: freq. in Prose, <span class="bibl">Th.4.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 453a</span>, etc.; κ. τῶν εἰρημένων <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.154</span>; κ. τῆς οἰκονομίας Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.68 S. (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐν κεφαλαίῳ</b>, or <b class="b3">ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν</b> to speak [[summarily]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>186c</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.33</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.9</span>; βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου</b> (v.l. -[[αίῳ]]), opp. [[ἀκριβέστερον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1107b14</span>; ἐπὶ κ. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.65.5</span>, <span class="bibl">3.5.9</span>; ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων <span class="bibl">D.19.315</span>, etc.; especially in an argument, [[summing up]], ἐν κεφαλαίοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 26c</span>; <b class="b3">κεφαλαίῳ δέ</b>... Lat. [[denique]], Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.164</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δ' οὖν κ</b>. ib.213; τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ <span class="bibl">Men.531.10</span>; [[συναγαγεῖν]] <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[to sum]] up, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1042a4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of persons, the [[head]] or [[chief]], <b class="b3">ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν</b>, of Pericles, <span class="bibl">Eup.93</span>; τὸ κ. οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, τὸν δεσπότην <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>173</span>; ὅ τι περ τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Harm.</span> 3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Gall.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Philops.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων</b>, of philosophers, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pisc.</span> 14</span>; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.50</span>; <b class="b3">οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">43</span>; τὸν Θαλῆν τῶν σοφῶν τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.125d</span>: hence, of qualities, etc., <b class="b3">σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν</b> (sc. avarice) Apollod. Gel.<span class="bibl">4</span>; τὸ κ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἡ διάθεσις <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., [[head]], [[topic]] of [[argument]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>10.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.1.2.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of money, [[capital]], opp. interest or income, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>742c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.64</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[sum total]], IG12.91.23, al., <span class="bibl">Lys.19.40</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.10</span>; <b class="b3">πολλοῦ κ</b>. for a large sum, Act. Ap.<span class="bibl">22.28</span>, cf. Aristeas 24, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>4</span>, etc.; κ. ἀργυρικά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>133.15</span> (i A.D.); also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.281.31</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[crown]], [[completion]] of a thing, <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν κεφάλαιον τῶν ἀδικημάτων</b> [[the crowning act]] of [[wrong]], <span class="bibl">D.27.7</span>; δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κ. ἐφ' ἅπασι… ἐπέθηκε <span class="bibl">Id.21.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[chapter]], [[section]], PGnom.Prooem., <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">in Int.</span>1.17</span>, al., Chor.in <span class="title">Hermes</span> 17.223; distinguished from [[τίτλος]], Suid. s.h.v.</span>
|Definition=[ᾰ], α, ον, ([[κεφαλή]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of the head]]: metaph., [[principal]], [[chief]], <b class="b3">ῥῆμα κ</b>. (with a play on <b class="b3">κεφαλίτης λίθος</b>) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>854</span>; τὸ κ. μέρος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>151.16</span> (vi A.D.): Sup. -ότατος [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>494e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> mostly Subst. [[κεφάλαιον]], τό = [[κεφαλή]], [[head]], [[parts about the head]], especially of fish, <b class="b3">θύννου κ. τοδί</b> Callias Com.<span class="bibl">3</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">Amphis 35</span>, Sotad. Com.<span class="bibl">1.5</span>; also κ. ῥαφανῖδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>981</span>; of an infant, Leonid. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët.6.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[chief]] or [[main]] [[point]], κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>643c</span>; especially in speaking or writing, [[sum]], [[gist of the matter]], κεφάλαια λόγων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.116</span>; κ. τοῦ παντὸς λόγου <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Georg.</span> 75</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>5.18.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ</b> drawing up the [[heads]] of the play, <span class="bibl">Antiph.113.5</span>: freq. in Prose, <span class="bibl">Th.4.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 453a</span>, etc.; κ. τῶν εἰρημένων <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.62</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.154</span>; κ. τῆς οἰκονομίας Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.68 S. (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐν κεφαλαίῳ</b>, or <b class="b3">ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν</b> to speak [[summarily]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>186c</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.33</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.9</span>; βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου</b> (v.l. -[[αίῳ]]), opp. [[ἀκριβέστερον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1107b14</span>; ἐπὶ κ. <span class="bibl">Plb.1.65.5</span>, <span class="bibl">3.5.9</span>; ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων <span class="bibl">D.19.315</span>, etc.; especially in an argument, [[summing up]], ἐν κεφαλαίοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span> 26c</span>; <b class="b3">κεφαλαίῳ δέ</b>... Lat. [[denique]], Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.164</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δ' οὖν κ</b>. ib.213; τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ <span class="bibl">Men.531.10</span>; [[συναγαγεῖν]] <b class="b3">τὸ κ</b>. [[to sum]] up, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1042a4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of persons, the [[head]] or [[chief]], <b class="b3">ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν</b>, of Pericles, <span class="bibl">Eup.93</span>; τὸ κ. οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, τὸν δεσπότην <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>173</span>; ὅ τι περ τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Harm.</span> 3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Gall.</span>24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Philops.</span>6</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων</b>, of philosophers, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pisc.</span> 14</span>; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>5.50</span>; <b class="b3">οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">43</span>; τὸν Θαλῆν τῶν σοφῶν τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.125d</span>: hence, of qualities, etc., <b class="b3">σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν</b> (sc. avarice) Apollod. Gel.<span class="bibl">4</span>; τὸ κ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἡ διάθεσις <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.57</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., [[head]], [[topic]] of [[argument]], <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>10.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.1.2.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of money, [[capital]], opp. interest or income, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>742c</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.64</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[sum total]], IG12.91.23, al., <span class="bibl">Lys.19.40</span>, <span class="bibl">D.27.10</span>; <b class="b3">πολλοῦ κ</b>. for a large sum, Act. Ap.<span class="bibl">22.28</span>, cf. Aristeas 24, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>4</span>, etc.; κ. ἀργυρικά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>133.15</span> (i A.D.); also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.281.31</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[crown]], [[completion]] of a thing, <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν κεφάλαιον τῶν ἀδικημάτων</b> [[the crowning act]] of [[wrong]], <span class="bibl">D.27.7</span>; δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κ. ἐφ' ἅπασι… ἐπέθηκε <span class="bibl">Id.21.18</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[chapter]], [[section]], PGnom.Prooem., <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">in Int.</span>1.17</span>, al., Chor.in <span class="title">Hermes</span> 17.223; distinguished from [[τίτλος]], Suid. s.h.v.</span>
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English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], α, ον, (κεφαλή) A of the head: metaph., principal, chief, ῥῆμα κ. (with a play on κεφαλίτης λίθος) Ar.Ra.854; τὸ κ. μέρος PMasp.151.16 (vi A.D.): Sup. -ότατος v.l. in Pl.Grg.494e. II mostly Subst. κεφάλαιον, τό = κεφαλή, head, parts about the head, especially of fish, θύννου κ. τοδί Callias Com.3: in pl., Amphis 35, Sotad. Com.1.5; also κ. ῥαφανῖδος Ar.Nu.981; of an infant, Leonid. ap. Aët.6.1. 2 chief or main point, κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν Pl.Lg.643c; especially in speaking or writing, sum, gist of the matter, κεφάλαια λόγων Pi.P.4.116; κ. τοῦ παντὸς λόγου Men.Georg. 75, cf. Cic.Att.5.18.1; τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ drawing up the heads of the play, Antiph.113.5: freq. in Prose, Th.4.50, Pl.Grg. 453a, etc.; κ. τῶν εἰρημένων Isoc.3.62, cf. 5.154; κ. τῆς οἰκονομίας Phld.Rh.1.68 S. (pl.); ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, or ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν to speak summarily, X.Cyr.6.3.18, Pl.Smp.186c, al.; ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι, Th.6.87, Lys.13.33, Isoc.2.9; βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν Th.1.36; τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (v.l. -αίῳ), opp. ἀκριβέστερον, Arist.EN1107b14; ἐπὶ κ. Plb.1.65.5, 3.5.9; ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων D.19.315, etc.; especially in an argument, summing up, ἐν κεφαλαίοις Pl.Ti. 26c; κεφαλαίῳ δέ... Lat. denique, Decr. ap. D.18.164; τὸ δ' οὖν κ. ib.213; τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ Men.531.10; συναγαγεῖν τὸ κ. to sum up, Arist.Metaph. 1042a4. 3 metaph., of persons, the head or chief, ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν, of Pericles, Eup.93; τὸ κ. οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, τὸν δεσπότην Men.Pk.173; ὅ τι περ τὸ κ. Luc.Harm. 3, Gall.24, Philops.6; τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων, of philosophers, Id.Pisc. 14; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου App.BC5.50; οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν ib.43; τὸν Θαλῆν τῶν σοφῶν τὸ κ. Jul.Or.3.125d: hence, of qualities, etc., σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν (sc. avarice) Apollod. Gel.4; τὸ κ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἡ διάθεσις Diog.Oen.57. 4 Rhet., head, topic of argument, D.H.Comp.1, Rh.10.5, Str.1.2.31. 5 of money, capital, opp. interest or income, Pl.Lg.742c, D.27.64, etc. b sum total, IG12.91.23, al., Lys.19.40, D.27.10; πολλοῦ κ. for a large sum, Act. Ap.22.28, cf. Aristeas 24, Plu.Fab.4, etc.; κ. ἀργυρικά PRyl.133.15 (i A.D.); also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. PSI4.281.31 (ii A.D.). 6 crown, completion of a thing, τὸ μὲν κεφάλαιον τῶν ἀδικημάτων the crowning act of wrong, D.27.7; δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κ. ἐφ' ἅπασι… ἐπέθηκε Id.21.18. 7 chapter, section, PGnom.Prooem., Ammon.in Int.1.17, al., Chor.in Hermes 17.223; distinguished from τίτλος, Suid. s.h.v.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κεφάλαιος: -α, -ον, (κεφαλὴ) ἀνήκων εἰς τὴν κεφαλήν· μεταφορ. ὡς τὸ λατ. capitalis, πρῶτος, κύριος, ρῆμα κεφ. (μετὰ λογοπαιχνίου ἐπὶ τοῦ κεφαλίτης λίθος) Ἀριστοφ. Βάτρ. 854. ΙΙ. τὸ πλεῖστον ὡς οὐσιαστ. κεφάλαιον, τό, = κεφαλή, τὰ περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν μέρη, ἰδίως τοῦ ἰχθύος, θύννου τε κεφάλαιον τοδὶ Καλλ. ἐν «Κύκλωψι» 1· ἐν τῷ πληθ., Ἄμφις ἐν «Φιλεταίρῳ» 1, Σωτάδης ἐν «Ἐγκλειομέναις» 1. 5· ― ὡσαύτως, κ. ῥαφανῖδος Ἀριστ. Νεφ. 981. 2) τὸ κύριον, τὸ πρώτιστον, τὸ σπουδαιότατον ζήτημαμέρος, κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφὴν Πλάτ. Νόμ. 643D· ― ἰδίως ἐπὶ λόγου ἢ γραφῆς, τὸ σύνολον τῆς ὑποθέσεως, κεφάλαια λόγων Πινδ. Π. 4. 206· τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ, γράφων ἢ ὁρίζων τὰ σπουδαιότερα μέρη τοῦ δράματος, Ἀντιφάν. ἐν «Καρσὶ» 1. 5· συχνὸν παρὰ πεζογράφοις, Θουκυδ. 4. 50, Πλάτ. Γοργ. 453Α, κτλ.· κ. τῶν εἰρημένων Ἰσοκρ. 39D, πρβλ. 113Β· ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, ἢ ὡς ἐν κ. εἰπεῖν, ἵνα εἴπῃ τις κεφαλαιωδῶς, Ξεν. Κύρ. 6. 3, 18, Πλάτ. Συμπ. 186C, κ. ἀλλ.· ὡσαύτως, ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδεῖξαι, περιλαβεῖν τι Θουκ. 6. 87, Λυσ. 132. ἐν τέλ., Ἰσοκρ. 16D, κτλ.· βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν Θουκ. 1. 36· οὕτως, ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου, τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (οὕτως ἀναγνωστ. ἀντὶ -αίῳ), ἀντίθετ. τῷ ἀκριβῶς, Ἀριστ. Ἠθικ. Ν. 2. 7, 5, πρβλ. Πολύβ. 1. 65, 5., 3. 5, 9, Λουκ. Νιγρ. 1· ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων Δημ. 442. 21, κτλ.· ― ἰδίως ἐν ἀνακεφαλαιώσει ἐπιχειρήματος, ἐν συγκεφαλαιώσει, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 26· κεφαλαίῳ δε.., λατ. denique, ψήφισμ. παρὰ Δημ. 282. 12· τὸ δ’ οὖν κεφάλαιον ὁ αὐτὸς 299. 3· τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ Μένανδ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 2. 10· συνάγειν τὸ κ., συγκεφαλαιοῦν, Ἀριστ. Μετὰ τὰ Φυσ. 7. 1, 1. 3) ἐπὶ προσώπων, ἡ κεφαλή, ὁ ἀρχηγός, ὁ πρῶτος, ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν, ἐπὶ τοῦ Περικλέους, Εὔπολ. ἐν «Δήμοις» 5· ἐν ᾗ φράσει μεταγεν. συγγραφεῖς παρενέβαλλον τὸ ἄρθρον ὅ τι περ τὸ κ., Λουκ. Ἁρμον. 3, Ἐνύπν. 24, Φιλοψ. 6. κτλ.)· τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων, ἐπὶ φιλοσόφων, Λουκ. Ἁλ. 14· τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου Ἀππ. Ἐμφύλ. 5. 50· οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν αὐτόθι 43· οὕτω, σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν (δηλ. ἡ φιλαργυρία) Ἀπολλόδ. ἐν «Φιλαδέλφοις» 2. 4) Ρητ. διαίρεσις, περίληψις ἐπιχειρήματος, Διον. Ἁλ. Τέχνη Ρητ. 10. 5, Κυιντιλ. 3. 11, 27. 5) ἐπὶ χρημάτων ὡς καὶ νῦν, τὸ κεφάλαιον, Λατ. caput, κατ᾿ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὸν τόκον ἢ τὸ εἰσόδημα, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 724C, Δημ. 834. 5, κτλ.· ἀλλ᾿ ὡσαύτως, β) τὸ ὅλον τὸ ἐκ τῆς ἀθροίσεως ἐξαγόμενον, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 76. 22., 144. 19, κ. ἀλλ., Λυσ. 115. 27, Δημ. 816. 15· πρβλ. ἀρχαῖον. γ) κεφαλικὸς φόρος, Βυζ. 6) ὡς τὸ κεφαλὴ IV. 2, ἡ κορυφὴ ἢ συμπλήρωσις παντὸς πράγματος, τὸ μὲν κ. τῶν ἀδικημάτων, ἡ μεγίστη ἀδικία, Δημ. 815. 6· κ. ἐπιτιθέναι ἐπί τινι, λατ. corollam imponere rei, Πλάτ. Γοργ. 505D, Τίμ. 69Α· δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κεφάλαια ἐφ᾿ ἅπασι... ἐπέθηκε Δημ. 520. 27. 7) παρὰ μεταγενεστέροις, διαίρεσις βιβλίου, κεφάλαιον, λατ. caput, Ἀμμών., Ἐκκλ.

English (Slater)

κεφάλαιος n. pl., pro subs.,
   1 chief points “τούτων μὲν κεφάλαια λόγων ἴστε” (P. 4.116)

Greek Monolingual

κεφάλαιος, -αία, -ον (Α) κεφαλή
1. αυτός που ανήκει ή αναφέρεται στην κεφαλή
2. μτφ. αυτός που κατέχει την πρώτη θέση, κύριος, σημαντικός, κεφαλαιώδης.

Greek Monotonic

κεφάλαιος: -α, -ον (κεφαλή),
I. 1. λέγεται για το κεφάλι· μεταφ., όπως το Λατ. capitalis, αρχικός, κύριος, πρώτος, σε Αριστοφ.
II. 1. ως ουσ., κεφάλαιον, τό, το κεφάλι, στον ίδ.
2. το κύριο ή βασικό σημείο, η ουσία του ζητήματος, σε Πίνδ., Θουκ. κ.λπ.· ἐν κεφαλαίῳ ή ὡς ἐν. κ., εἰπεῖν, μιλώ συνοπτικά, περιληπτικά, σε Ξεν. κ.λπ.· ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι ἀποδεῖξαι, περιλαβεῖν τι, σε Θουκ.
3. λέγεται για προσωπα, η κεφαλή, ο αρχηγός, σε Λουκ.
4. λέγεται για χρήματα, το κεφάλαιο, Λατ. caput, αντίθ. προς τον τόκο, σε Πλάτ. κ.λπ.· το συνολικό άθροισμα, σε Δημ.
5. επιστέγασμα, ολοκλήρωση ενός πράγματος, μέγιστη αδικία, στον ίδ.· κ. ἐπιτιθέναι ἐπί τινι, Λατ. corollam imponere rei, σε Πλάτ.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κεφάλαιος -α -ον [κεφαλή] hoofd-, overdr. voornaamste.

Middle Liddell

κεφάλαιος, η, ον κεφαλή
I. of the head: metaph., like Lat. capitalis, principal, Ar.
II. as substantive, κεφάλαιον, ου, τό, the head, Ar.
2. the chief or main point, the sum of the matter, Pind., Thuc., etc.; ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, or ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν to speak summarily, Xen., etc.; ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδεῖξαι, περιλαβεῖν τι Thuc.
3. of persons, the head or chief, Luc.
4. of money, the capital, Lat. caput, Opp. to interest, Plat., etc.: the sum total, Dem.
5. the crown, completion of a thing, a crowning act of wrong, Dem.; κ. ἐπιτιθέναι ἐπί τινι, Lat. corollam imponere rei, Plat.