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κεφάλαι-ος [α^], α, ον, κεφαλή)
A.of the head: metaph., principal, chief, ῥῆμα κ. (with a play on κεφαλίτης λίθος) Ar.Ra.854; “τὸ κ. μέροςPMasp.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. ῥαφανῖδοςAr.Nu.981; of an infant, Leonid. ap. Aët.6.1.
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. ἀργυρικάPRyl.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 . . ἐπέθηκεId.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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