ἀκέφᾰλος · akephalos — LSJ
headless
headless: οἱ ἀ., fabulous creatures in Libya, Hdt. 4.191; ἀ. ταῦροι J. BJ 4.8.4.
2 without beginning, without peroration, which lack the first mora
without beginning, λόγος, μῦθος, Pl. Phdr. 264c, Lg. 752a; without peroration, μῦθος Luc. Scyth. 9; of verses which lack the first mora, Heph. 6.2, al., cf. Ath. 14.632d. Adv. -λως, ἐμβάλλειν τοῖς πράγμασι Hermog. Inv. 2.7.
3 with no known head
αἵρεσις ἀ. sect with no known head, Suid.; ἀ., οἱ, Just. Nov. 109 Praef.
II
= ἄτιμος, Artem. 1.35; cf. Lat. capite deminutus.