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κεφάλαιος

κεφάλαιος, of the head

κεφάλαι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον, (κεφαλή)
  • of the head: metaph., principal, chief, ῥῆμα κ. (with a play on κεφαλίτης λίθος) Ar. Ra. 854; τὸ κ. μέρος PMasp. 151.16 (vi A.D.): Sup. -ότατος v.l. in Pl. Grg. 494e.
    • II mostly Subst. κεφάλαιον, τό, = κεφαλή, head, parts about the head, esp. of fish, θύννου κ. τοδί Callias Com. 3: in pl., Amphis 35, Sotad.Com. 1.5; also κ. ῥαφανῖδος Ar. Nu. 981; of an infant, Leonid. ap. Aët. 6.1.
      • 2 chief or main point, κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν Pl. Lg. 643c; esp. in speaking or writing, sum, gist of the matter, κεφάλαια λόγων Pi. P. 4.116; κ. τοῦ παντὸς λόγου Men. Georg. 75, cf. Cic. Att. 5.18.1; τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ drawing up the heads of the play, Antiph. 113.5: freq. in Prose, Th. 4.50, Pl. Grg. 453a, etc.; κ. τῶν εἰρημένων Isoc. 3.62, cf. 5.154; κ. τῆς οἰκονομίας Phld. Rh. 1.68 S. (pl.); ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, or ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν to speak summarily, X. Cyr. 6.3.18, Pl. Smp. 186c, al.; ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι, Th. 6.87, Lys. 13.33, Isoc. 2.9; βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν Th. 1.36; τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (v.l. -αίῳ), opp. ἀκριβέστερον, Arist. EN 1107b14; ἐπὶ κ. Plb. 1.65.5, 3.5.9; ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων D. 19.315, etc.; esp. in an argument, summing up, ἐν κεφαλαίοις Pl. Ti. 26c; κεφαλαίῳ δέ . ., Lat. denique, Decr. ap. D. 18.164; τὸ δʼ οὖν κ. ib. 213; τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ Men. 531.10; συναγαγεῖν τὸ κ. to sum up, Arist. Metaph. 1042a4.
      • 3 metaph., of persons, the head or chief, ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν, of Pericles, Eup. 93; τὸ κ. οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, τὸν δεσπότην Men. Pk. 173; ὅ τι περ τὸ κ. Luc. Harm. 3, Gall. 24, Philops. 6; τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων, of philosophers, Id. Pisc. 14; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου App. BC 5.50; οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν ib. 43; τὸν Θαλῆν τῶν σοφῶν τὸ κ. Jul. Or. 3.125d: hence, of qualities, etc., σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν (sc. avarice) Apollod.Gel. 4; τὸ κ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἡ διάθεσις Diog.Oen. 57.
      • 4 Rhet., head, topic of argument, D.H. Comp. 1, Rh. 10.5, Str. 1.2.31.
      • 5 of money, capital, opp. interest or income, Pl. Lg. 742c, D. 27.64, etc.
        • b sum total, IG 1(2).91.23, al., Lys. 19.40, D. 27.10; πολλοῦ κ. for a large sum, Act. Ap. 22.28, cf. Aristeas 24, Plu. Fab. 4, etc.; κ. ἀργυρικά PRyl. 133.15 (i A.D.); also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. PSI 4.281.31 (ii A.D.).
      • 6 crown, completion of a thing, τὸ μὲν κ. τῶν ἀδικημάτων the crowning act of wrong, D. 27.7; δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κ. ἐφʼ ἅπασι . . ἐπέθηκε Id. 21.18.
      • 7 chapter, section, PGnom., Prooem. Ammon. in Int. 1.17, al., Chor. in Hermes 17.223; distd. from τίτλος, Suid. s.h.v.

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