ἐγκέφαλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[κεφαλή]]) [[within the head]]: as [[substantive]], [[ἐγκέφαλος]] (sc. [[μυελός]]), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[brain]], Il.3.300, Od.9.458, etc.; τὸν ἐ. σεσεῖσθαι Ar. Nu.1276; ὁ ἐγκέφαλος ἐστιν ὁ τὰς αἰσθήσεις παρέχων τοῦ [[ἀκούειν]] κτλ. Pl.Phd. 96b, cf. Arist.Sens.438b25 (but cf. Metaph.1013a6).<br><span class="bld">II</span> the  [[heart]] of the [[date]]-[[palm]] or the [[cabbage]] of the [[date]]-[[palm]], X.An.2.3.16, Thphr.HP2.6.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[Διὸς ἐγκέφαλος]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[rare]] and [[costly]] [[food]], [[morsel for a king]], [[morsel fit for a king]], Ephipp. 13.7, Clearch. 5.

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0707.png Seite 707]] 1) was im Kopfe ist; dah. ὁ ἐγκ. (sc. [[μυελός]]), das Gehirn, von Menschen u. Thieren, Il. 3, 300 Od. 9, 458 u. Folgde; nach Plat. Phaed. 96 b ὁ δὲ ἐγκ. ἐστιν ὁ τὰς αἰσθήσεις παρέχων τοῦ ἀκούειν καὶ ὁρᾷν καὶ ὀσφραίνεσθαι, vgl. Hipp. mai. 292 d u. Ath. II, 66 a; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖ Ar. Nubb. 1276; ἐγκέφαλον μὴ ἐν ταῖς πτέρναις καταπεπατημένον, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς κροτάφοις φορεῖτε Dem. 7, 45; vgl. Plut. det. orac. 27 extr. u. Suid. v. [[κραιπαλώδης]]. – 2) von der Palme, das eßbare Mark, Palmkohl, Xen. An. 2, 3, 16 u. Sp. – 3) Διὸς ἐγκ., eine Speise bei den Persern, Ath. XIII, 529 d.