ἐγκέφαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[κεφαλή]]) [[within the head]]: as [[substantive]], [[ἐγκέφαλος]] (sc. [[μυελός]]), ὁ, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[brain]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.300</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.458</span>, etc.; τὸν ἐ. σεσεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>1276</span>; [[ὁ ἐγκέφαλος ἐστιν ὁ τὰς αἰσθήσεις παρέχων τοῦ ἀκούειν]] κτλ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 96b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Sens.</span>438b25</span> (but cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1013a6</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the  [[heart of the date-palm]] or the [[cabbage of the date-palm]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.6.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[Διὸς ἐγκέφαλος]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[rare and costly food]], [[morsel for a king]], [[morsel fit for a king]], <span class="bibl">Ephipp. 13.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Clearch. 5</span>.</span>