κεφαλή: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[head]] of man or [[beast]], Hom., etc.; κατὰ κεφαλῆς, epic κὰκ κεφαλῆς, [[over]] the [[head]], Hom.; κὰκ κεφαλήν on the [[head]], Il.:— ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from [[head]] to [[foot]], Il.:— ἐπὶ κεφαλήν [[head]] [[foremost]], [[head]] downwards, [[headlong]], Hdt., Plat., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[head]], put for the [[whole]] [[person]], Hom.; [[ἶσον]] ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ like [[myself]], Il.; [[φίλη]] κ., Lat. carum [[caput]], Il.: in bad [[sense]], ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί Hdt.; ὦ μιαρὰ κ. Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the [[head]], i. e. the [[life]], παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς setting [[their]] heads on the [[cast]], Od.:—in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τρέποιτ' [[ἐμοί]] on my [[head]] be it! Ar., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[generally]], κ. σκορόδου a [[head]] of [[garlic]], Ar.: the top or [[brim]] of a [[vessel]], Theocr.: the coping of a [[wall]], Xen.:—in pl. the [[head]] or [[source]] of a [[river]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> metaph., like [[κεφάλαιον]], the [[crown]], [[completion]] of a [[thing]], Plat.