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κεφᾰλ-ικός

kephalikos

of, for the head, after the manner of a head

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What it meant

κεφᾰλ-ικός · kephal-ikos — LSJ

of, for the head, after the manner of a head

of or for the head, of remedies, etc., κ. ἔμπλαστροι Dsc. 3.88, cf. Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.543; δυνάμεις Dsc. 3.48 (v.l. κεφαλαλγικαῖς), cf. Arch.Pap. 4.270 (iii A.D.); δέλτοι Gal. 2.607; κεφαλική, ἡ, name of a herb, Griffith & Thompson Demotic Magical Papyrus verso iv 10. Adv. -κῶς after the manner of a head, Corp.Herm. 10.11.

II touching the head, life, capital, capitally

touching the head or life, πράγματα PMag.Leid.V. 5.13; capital, δίκη POxy. 2104.15 (iii A.D.); τιμωρία Rev.Bibl. 35.285 (Jerusalem), Cod.Just. 1.12.3.2 (Theodosius II), Just. Nou. 85.3.1; κίνδυνος ib. 123.31. Adv. -κῶς, κολασθήσεσθαι to be punished capitally, Hdn. 2.13.9; τιμωρεῖσθαι Just. Nou. 123.31, cf. Cod.Just. 9.4.6.4.

III belonging to an individual

belonging to an individual, μερίς PMasp. 151.89 (vi A.D.).

IV sharp, strong

κ. σμίλη sharp, strong chisel, Gal. 2.607.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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