κρόταφος
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A side of the forehead, Il.4.502, 20.397, Ar.Ra.854: mostly in pl., temples, Il.13.188, al., Hdt.4.187, Hp.Prog.2, etc.; πρᾶτον ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων καταβάλλων Theoc.15.85, cf. 11.9, IG5(1).1355 (Abia); τοὺς κ. πολιοῦνται πρῶτον Arist.GA 784b35. 2 generally, side edge, profile, Procl.Hyp.3.6; κύκλου ib.17; of a brick, PMag.Par.1.30; κατὰ κρόταφον sideways, horizontally, Hero Bel.98.2, Ph.Bel.64.25, cf. 60.7; ἐπὶ κρορόταφον on its side, ib.66.13. II metaph., slope of a mountain, A.Pr.721; ὑπὸ κροτάφοις Ἑλικῶνος Philiadasap.St.Byz. s.v. Θέσπεια. III back of a book, Anon. ap. Suid. IV edge or narrow side of a stele, IG42(1).109 iii 162, iv 129 (Epid.). (κόρταφος EM541.23, Et.Gud., Zonar., prob. to be read in Pl.Com.84; κότραφος PMag.Osl.1.152, etc.)
