The corpus record

ἐγκέφαλος

egkephalos

within the head

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Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 4 · 13.45/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 7 · 8.96/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
Timaeus 5 · 2.12/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Hippias Major 1 · 1.18/10k
Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k
Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Discourses 2 · 0.27/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐγκέφᾰλ-ος · enkephal-os — LSJ

within the head

within the head: as Subst., ἐγκέφαλος (sc. μυελός), ὁ,

I brain

brain, Il. 3.300, Od. 9.458, etc.; τὸν ἐ. σεσεῖσθαι Ar. Nu. 1276; ὁ ἐ. ἐστιν ὁ τὰς αἰσθήσεις παρέχων τοῦ ἀκούειν κτλ. Pl. Phd. 96b, cf. Arist. Sens. 438b25 (but cf. Metaph. 1013a6).

II the heart, ‘cabbage’

the heart or ‘cabbage’ of the date-palm, X. An. 2.3.16, Thphr. HP 2.6.2.

III

Διὸς ἐ., prov. of rare and costly food, ‘morsel for a king’, Ephipp. 13.7, Clearch. 5.

In the wild

ἐγκέφαλον̓ · enkephalon Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 27)
ἐγκεφάλου · enkephalou Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 116)
ἐγκέφαλον · enkephalon Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 139)
ἐγκεφάλου · enkephalou Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 140)
ἐγκέφαλον · enkephalon Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 142)
ἐγκέφαλον · enkephalon Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 144)

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Where it came from

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