κεφαλή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[head]] of [[man]] or [[beast]], Hom. (v.infr.), <span class="bibl">Alc.15</span>, etc.; once in <span class="bibl">A., <span class="title">Th.</span>525</span> (lyr.), once in <span class="bibl">S., <span class="title">Aj.</span>238</span> (anap.), also in <span class="bibl">E., <span class="title">Fr.</span>308</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>226</span> (lyr.), al.; ἄλλου οὐδενὸς ἐμψύχου κ. γεύσεται Αἰγυπτίων οὐδείς <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.39</span>; <b class="b3">κεφαλῇ… μείζονες</b> [[tall]]er in [[stature]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.168</span>; so <b class="b3">μείων… κεφαλήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">193</span> Aristarch.: freq. with Preps., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> [[κατὰ κεφαλῆς]], Ep. [[κὰκ κεφαλῆς]], [[down over the head]], κόνιν… χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς <span class="bibl">Il.18.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.85</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[κατὰ κεφαλήν]], Ep. [[κὰκ κεφαλήν]] = [[on the head]], Ἐρύλαον… βάλε πέτρῳ μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν <span class="bibl">Il.16.412</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20.387</span>, <span class="bibl">475</span>: in Prose, [[from above]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.2.8</span>: c.gen., [[above]], <b class="b3">κατὰ κεφαλὴν τινῶν γενέσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.2.11</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κατὰ κεφαλὴν ὕδωρ</b>, of [[rain]] [[water]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>4.10.7</span> (κεφαλὴν codd.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>6.18.10</span> (κεφαλῆς): in Archit., [[upright]], IG22.463.42; also, [[per head]], [[each person]] (cf. infr. 1.2), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1272a14</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>16.16</span>; κατὰ κεφαλὴν τῶν κωμητῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.17</span> (iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς]] = [[from head to foot]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.169</span>; τὰ πράγματα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς τὴν κεφαλήν σοι πάντ' ἐρῶ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>650</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> [[ἐπὶ κεφαλήν]] = [[head foremost]], [[ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν κατορύξαι]] = to [[bury]] [[head]] [[downwards]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.35</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν ὠθέεσθαι</b> to be [[thrust]] [[headlong]], <span class="bibl">Id.7.136</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Fr.</span>251</span>; ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν [[ὠθεῖν]] τινα ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>553b</span>; ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν εἰς κόρακας ὦσον <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span> 138</span>; εὐθὺς ἐπὶ κεφαλήὴ εἰς τὸ [[δικαστήριον]] [[βαδίζειν]] <span class="bibl">D.42.12</span>; <b class="b3">οὐ βουλόμενος πολίτας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν εἰσπράττειν τὸν μισθόν</b> [[recklessly]], <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>17</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρειν</b> [[carry]] [[on]] [[high]], in [[token]] of [[admiration]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>600d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> as the noblest part, periphr. for the whole person, πολλὰς ἰφθίμους κ. <span class="bibl">Il.11.55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.343</span>, etc.; [[ἶσον ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ]] = [[no less than myself]], <span class="bibl">Il.18.82</span>; ἑᾷ κ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.67</span>; especially in [[salutation]], φίλη κ. <span class="bibl">Il.8.281</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.114</span>; ἠθείη κ. <span class="bibl">23.94</span>; Ἄπολλον, ὦ δία κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>226</span> (lyr.): in Prose, Φαῖδρε, φίλη κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>264a</span>; τῆς θείας κ. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span> 7.212a</span>: in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.29</span>; ὦ μιαρὰ κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 285</span>: periphr. in Prose, πεντακοσίας κεφαλὰς τῶν Ξέρξεω πολεμίων <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.99</span>: in bad sense, ἡ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀναιδὴς αὕτη κ. <span class="bibl">D.21.117</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">18.153</span>; ἡ κ. τῶν αὐτοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRein.</span>57.8</span> (iv A.D.); <b class="b3">μεγάλη κ</b>. a great [[personage]], Vett. Val.<span class="bibl">74.7</span>; cf. supr. ''1'' b fin. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[life]], ἐμῇ κ. περιδείδια <span class="bibl">Il.17.242</span>; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν, σὺν σφῇσιν κεφαλῇσι <span class="bibl">4.162</span>; <b class="b3">παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς</b> staking their [[head]]s on the [[cast]], <span class="bibl">Od.2.237</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν κ</b>. ἀποβαλέεις <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.65</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in [[imprecation]]s, <b class="b3">ἐς κεφαλὴν τράποιτ' ἐμοί</b> [[on my head be it]]! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>833</span>; ἐς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἅπαντα τὴν σὴν τρέψεται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>40</span>; ἃ σοὶ καὶ τοῖς σοῖς οἱ θεοὶ τρέψειαν εἰς κ. <span class="bibl">D.18.290</span>; <b class="b3">ἐς κ. σοί</b> (sc. [[τράποιτο]]) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1063</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>526</span>; σοὶ εἰς κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>283e</span>; τὰ μὲν πρότερον… ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ ἀναμάξας φέρω <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.155</span>; οἷς ἂν… τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀναθεῖεν <span class="bibl">D.18.294</span>; τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span> 18.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[extremity]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> in Botany, [[κεφαλὴ σκορόδου]] = [[head]] ( = [[inflorescence]]) of [[garlic]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>718</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.12.6.4</span>; κ. μήκωνος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.8.2</span>; <b class="b3">ῥίζα κ. ἔχουσα πλείονας</b> [[tuber]]s, Dsc.3.120. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in Anatomy, <b class="b3">κεφαλαὶ τῆς κάτω γνάθου</b>, prob. the condyloid and coronoid processes, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>30</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ ὄρχεως</b>, = [[ἐπιδιδυμίς]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>510a14</span>, cf. Gal.4.565; <b class="b3">κεφαλὴ μηροῦ, κεφαλὴ κνήμης κ</b>., <span class="bibl">Poll.2.186</span>, <span class="bibl">188</span>; of the [[base]] of the heart, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>6.16</span>; but, [[apex]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>7</span>; of the [[sac]] in [[poulp]]s, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>654a23</span>, <span class="bibl">685a5</span>; of [[muscle]]s, [[origin]], <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>7.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> generally, [[top]], [[brim]] of a [[vessel]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.8.87</span>; [[coping]] of a [[wall]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.68</span>; [[capital]] of a [[column]], <span class="title">CIG</span>2782.31 (Aphrodisias), <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>7.16</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.7.121</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> in plural, [[source]] of a [[river]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.91</span> (but sg., [[mouth]], οἶδα Γέλα ποταμοῦ κεφαλῇ ἐπικείμενον ἄστυ Call.<span class="title">Aet.Oxy.</span>2080.48): generally, [[source]], [[origin]], <b class="b3">Ζεὺς κ</b>. ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἀρχή]]) <b class="b3">, Ζεὺς μέσσα, Διὸς δ' ἒκ πάντα τελεῖται τέτυκται</b> codd.) <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>21a</span>; [[starting-point]], κ. χρόνου <span class="title">Placit.</span> 2.32.2 ([[κρόνου]] codd.), <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Mens.</span>3.4</span>; <b class="b3">κεφαλὴ μηνός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">e</span> [[extremity]] of a [[plot]] of [[land]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.72</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>50.83</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">Ὁμηρείη κεφαλή</b> [[bust]] of [[Homer]], <span class="title">IG</span>14.1183.10. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> κεφαλὴ [[περίθετος]] = [[wig]], [[headdress]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>258</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κεφαλὴ δείπνου</b> [[pièce de résistance]], <span class="bibl">Alex. 172.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[crown]], [[completion]], κεφαλὴν ἐπιθεῖναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>69b</span>; ὥσπερ κ. ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς εἰρημένοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>66d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span>505d</span>; ὥσπερ κεφαλὴν ἔχουσα ἐπιστήμη <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1141a19</span>; [[consummation]], σχεῖν κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>39d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[sum]], [[total]], πάσας ἐρρηγείας <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span>1.36; of [[money]], <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).7 (Carystus, iv B. C.), <span class="title">SIG</span>245ii 36 (Delph., iv B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[band]] of men, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jb.</span>1.17</span>; [[right]]-[[hand]] [[half]] of a [[phalanx]] (opp. [[οὐρά]]), <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>8.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Astron., <b class="b3">κεφαλὴ τοῦ κόσμου</b>, of [[Aries]], <span class="bibl">Heph.Astr.1.1</span>. (ghebh-, cf. [[κεβλή]] and Engl. [[gable]].) </span>