The corpus record

κεφαλαι-ώδης

kephalaiodes

capital, principal

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κεφαλαι-ώδης · kephalai-ōdēs — LSJ

capital, principal, the general character summed up in a definition

capital, principal, Stoic. 2.75, Luc. DMort. 6[20].1: Comp., νόμοι Ph. 2.183, cf. Luc. Salt. 61, Hierocl. in CA 27p.484M.: Sup., Hp. Decent. 6, Luc. Pseudol. 10; τὸ -ῶδες the general character summed up in a definition, Arr. Epict. 2.12.9.

II summary

summary, ἐξήγησις Plb. 2.14.1; ὑπογραφή D.H. 2.72. Adv. -δῶς Arist. Rh. 1415b8, Metaph. 988a18, Plb. 1.13.1, D.H. Comp. 8, etc.: Sup. -έστατα Epicur. Ep. 1p.31U.

In the wild

κεφαλαιωδῶς · kephalaiōdōs Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 129)
κεφαλαιωδῶς · kephalaiōdōs Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 193)
κεφαλαιωδῶς · kephalaiōdōs Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
κεφαλαιωδῶς · kephalaiōdōs Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
κεφαλαιωδέστατα · kephalaiōdestata Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9017)
κεφαλαιώδη · kephalaiōdē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1059)

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Where it came from

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