κεφαλίτης λίθος

κεφαλίτης, λίϑος, ὁ, der Eckstein

κεφᾰλ-ίτης [ῑ] λίθος

A corner-stone, Hsch.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `head', also metaph. `the uppermost, most extreme, source etc.' (Il.).

Compounds: several compp., e. g. κεφαλ-αλγ-ία `headache' (Hp.), through dissimilation - αργία (Luc.); βου-κέφαλος `with cow-head' (Ar.); also as plant-name (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 54); as PN Βου-κεφάλᾱς m. the personal horse of Alexander the Great (Str., Plu.; on the formation Schwyzer 451).

Derivatives: Diminut. κεφάλιον (Att. inscr.), - ίδιον (Poll., pap.), κεφαλίς f. `bulb of an onion, toe-cap of a shoe, capital of a column etc.' (Arist.), κεφαλὶς βιβλίου `book-roll' (LXX); - κεφάλαιον n. `the main thing, -point, -sum, capital' (Pi., att.; rarely adj. κεφάλαιος [Ar. Ra. 854, PMasp. 151, 16, VI<sup>p</sup>]) with κεφαλαιώδης, adv. - ωδῶς `regarding the main point' (Hp., Arist., hell.) and the denominative κεφαλαιόω `(summarize the main points) ' (Att.), from where κεφαλαίωμα `total sum' (Hdt. 3, 159), - αίωσις `summary' (Sch.), - αιωτής = lat. capitularius with - τία (pap. Rom. Emp.); - κεφαλαία f. `chronic headache' (medic.); - κεφαλώδης `head-like' (Thphr.), κεφαλικός `belonging to the head, to life, capitalis' (pap., Dsc.); - κεφαλίτης λίθος `corner-stone' (H.), κεφαλίτης γλήχων prob. `Mentha aquatica' (Hippiatr.; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 73); κεφαλίνη `root of the tongue' (Poll.); κεφαλῖνος fishname = βλεψίας (Dorio ap. Ath.; Strömberg Fischnamen 41), also κέφαλος `Mugil cephalus' (Hp., Com., Arist.; extens. Thompson Fishes s. v.; diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 75: 2, 54f. [: to Skt. śaphara-, Lith. šãpalas `Cyprinus']); - κεφάλωμα `sum' (Messen., Delph.; after ἀνάλωμα, Bechtel Dial. 2, 156; cf. also κεφαλαίωμα above); κεφαλωτός `with a head' (Arist., hell.), as plant-name `Thymian' (Ps.-Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 50), - ωτόν (sc. πράσον) `onion' (pap.); - κεφαληδόν `per head' (Priene IV^a). - Denomin. κ]εφαλίζω `behead' ( BGU 1, 341, 9); in other meaning κεφαλισμός `table of multiplication' (Arist.); κεφαλόω in κεκεφαλωμένος `provided with a head' (Arist.-comm.); κεφαλιόω in ἐκεφαλίωσαν (Ev. Mark. 12, 4), meaning unclear `beat the head' or `behead'?, s. Bauer Gr.-dt. Wb. s. v. (wrong Pernot Neophilol. 26, 310ff.). - Further the hypostases προσ- (Dor. ποτι-), ὑπο-κεφάλαιον `(head)cushion' (IA.; cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 517), ἀποκεφαλίζω `behead' (LXX, Phld.) with - ισμός, ισμα, - ιστής.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [423] * gʰebʰel- `head'

Etymology: Old word for `head', found also in Tocharian and Germanic: Toch. A śpāl `head' (final unclear), OHG gebal m., MHG. gebel `skull', OHG gibilla f. `id.' (Germ. i̯ō-deriv); besides in the sense of `front' OHG gibil m., Goth. gibla m. (n-stem) and, with ablaut, ONo. gafl m. `side of a facade'; IE. * ghebh(e)l-, which looks like an l-stem; but a corresponding basis has nowhere been found. - Here also γαβαλάν ἐγκέφαλον η κεφαλήν H. and Maced. (Illyr.?) κεβ(α)λή; s. κεβλη. The Greek -α is difficult. S. Benveniste, Word 10 (1954) 255f.

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κεφάλαι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον, ([etym.] κεφαλή)

A 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.): [comp] 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 δ' 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.BC5.50

; 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, IG12.91.23, 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. PSI4.281.31

(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. ἐφ' 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.