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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[side of the forehead]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.502</span>, <span class="bibl">20.397</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>854</span>: mostly in pl., [[temples]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.188</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.187</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prog.</span>2</span>, etc.; πρᾶτον ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων καταβάλλων <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.9</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1355 (Abia); τοὺς κ. πολιοῦνται πρῶτον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span> 784b35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[side edge]], [[profile]], <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>3.6</span>; [[κύκλου]] ib.<span class="bibl">17</span>; of a brick, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.30; <b class="b3">κατὰ κρόταφον</b> [[sideways]], [[horizontally]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>98.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>64.25</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">60.7</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κρορόταφον</b> [[on its side]], ib.<span class="bibl">66.13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[slope]] of a mountain, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>721</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ κροτάφοις Ἑλικῶνος</b> Philiadasap.St.Byz. s.v. [[Θέσπεια]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[back of a book]], Anon. ap. Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[edge]] or [[narrow side]] of a stele, <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).109 iii 162, iv 129 (Epid.). (κόρταφος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>541.23</span>, <span class="title">Et.Gud.</span>, Zonar., prob. to be read in <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.84</span>; κότραφος <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>1.152, etc.)</span>