κεφάλαιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], α, ον, ([[κεφαλή]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[of the head]]: metaph., [[principal]], [[chief]], [[ῥῆμα]] κεφάλαιον (with a play on [[κεφαλίτης]] [[λίθος]]) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>854</span>; τὸ κεφάλαιον [[μέρος]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMasp.</span>151.16</span> (vi A.D.): Sup. [[κεφαλαιότατος]] [[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 plural, <span class="bibl">Amphis 35</span>, Sotad. Com.<span class="bibl">1.5</span>; also κεφάλαιον 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]], κεφάλαιον δὴ [[παιδεία]]ς λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν [[τροφή]]ν <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 κεφάλαια συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ</b> [[drawing]] up the [[head]]s 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 [[οἰκονομία]]ς Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.68 S. (pl.); [[ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν]] or [[ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν]] = 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.; ἐν κεφαλαίοις [[ὑπομνῆσαι]], [[ἀποδείξειν]], [[περιλαβεῖν]] τι, <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> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] κεφαλαίῳ), 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 κεφάλαιον</b> ib.213; τὸ δὲ κεφάλαιον τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ <span class="bibl">Men.531.10</span>; [[συναγαγεῖν τὸ κεφάλαιον]] = 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 κεφάλαιον οὐδέπω [[λογίζομαι]], τὸν δεσπότην <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>173</span>; ὅ τι περ τὸ κεφάλαιον <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 κεφάλαια τῶν μαθημάτων</b>, of [[philosopher]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pisc.</span> 14</span>; τὸ κεφάλαιον 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 κεφάλαιον <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.125d</span>: hence, of qualities, etc., <b class="b3">σχεδόν τι τὸ κεφάλαιον τῶν κακῶν</b> (sc. [[avarice]]) Apollod. Gel.<span class="bibl">4</span>; τὸ κεφάλαιον τῆς [[εὐδαιμονία]]ς 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 κεφαλαίου</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.; κεφάλαια ἀργυρικά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>133.15</span> (i A.D.); also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κεφάλαια <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 [[crown]]ing [[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>