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ἀκέφα^λος , ον,
A.headless: οἱ ., fabulous creatures in Libya, Hdt.4.191; “. ταῦροιJ.BJ4.8.4.
2. without beginning, λόγος, μῦθος, Pl.Phdr.264c, Lg.752a; without peroration, “μῦθοςLuc.Scyth.9; of verses which lack the first mora, Heph.6.2,al., cf. Ath.14.632d. Adv. “-λως, ἐμβάλλειν τοῖς πράγμασιHermog.Inv.2.7.
3. αἵρεσις . sect with no known head, Suid.; ., οἱ, Just.Nov.109 Praef.
II. = ἄτιμος, Artem.1.35; cf. Lat. capite deminutus.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.191
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 4.8.4
    • Plato, Laws, 752a
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 264c
    • Lucian, Scytha, 9
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