κεφᾰλή, ἡ,
head of man or beast, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφαλῇ. μείζονες taller
in stature, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so μείων. κεφαλήν[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
a) κατὰ κεφαλῆς,
Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλῆς,
down over the head, κόνιν. χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
b) κατὰ κεφαλήν,
Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλήν
on the head, Ἐρύλαον. βάλε πέτρῳ μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Prose,
from above, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.
genitive,
above, κ. κ. τινῶν γενέσθαι [
Refs]; τὸ κ. κ. ὕδωρ, of rain water, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] (-ῆς): in Architecture texts,
upright, [
Refs]; also,
per head, each person (compare below 1.2), [
LXX+4th c.BC+]
c) ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from
head to foot, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
d) ἐπὶ κεφαλήν
head foremost, ἐπὶ κ. κατορύξαι to bury
head downwards, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθέεσθαι to be thrust
headlong, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ βουλόμενος πολίτας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ κ. εἰσπράττειν τὸν μισθόν
recklessly, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρειν carry
on high, in token of admiration, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) as the noblest part,
periphrastic for the whole person, πολλὰς ἰφθίμους κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἶσον ἐμῇ κ. no less than my
self, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: in bad sense, ἡ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀναιδὴς αὕτη κ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεγάλη κ. a great
personage, Vett. Val.[
Refs]
3)
life, ἐμῇ κ. περιδείδια [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς staking
their heads on the cast, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν κ. ἀποβαλέεις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τράποιτ᾽ ἐμοί on my
head be it! [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς κ. σοί (i.e. τράποιτο) [
NT+5th c.BC+]
II) of things,
extremity,
II.a) in Botany, κ. σκορόδου
head (=
inflorescence) of garlic, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥίζα κ. ἔχουσα πλείονας
tubers, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.b) in Anatomy, κεφαλαὶ τῆς κάτω γνάθου, probably the condyloid and coronoid processes, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. τοῦ ὄρχεως, ={ἐπιδιδυμίς}, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μηροῦ, κνήμης κ, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the
base of the heart, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but,
apex, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the
sac in poulps, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of muscles,
origin, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.c) generally,
top, brim of a vessel, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
coping of a wall, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
capital of a column, [
LXX+2nd c.AD+]
II.d) in
plural,
source of a river, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (butsg,
mouth, οἶδα Γέλα ποταμοῦ κεφαλῇ ἐπικείμενον ἄστυ [
Refs]: generally,
source, origin, Ζεὺς κ. (variant{ἀρχή}), Ζεὺς μέσσα, Διὸς δ᾽ ἒκ πάντα τελεῖται τέτυκται codices) [
Refs 5th c.AD+];
starting-point, κ. χρόνου [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
II.e)
extremity of a plot of land, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III) Ὁμηρείη κ.
bust of Homer, [
Refs]
IV) κ. περίθετος
wig, head-dress, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
metaphorically, κ. δείπνου
pièce de résistance, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V.2)
crown, completion, κεφαλὴν ἐπιθεῖναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
consummation, σχεῖν κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.3)
sum, total, πάσας ἐρρηγείας [
Refs]; of money, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V.4)
band of men, [
LXX];
right-hand half of a phalanx (opposed to οὐρά), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V.5) Astron, κ. τοῦ κόσμου, of Aries, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]. (
ghebh, compare κεβλή and Engl.
gable.)