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ἐγκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐγκέφαλος ἐγκέφαλος ἐγκέφαλον

Structure: ἐγκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. inside the head
  2. (in masculine, substantive), brain
  3. heart of the date palm

Examples

  • ἐγκέφαλοι χοίρειοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 721)
  • "οἱ τῶν φοινίκων ἐγκέφαλοι πλήσμιοι καὶ πολύτροφοι, ἔτι δὲ βαρεῖσ καὶ δυσοικονόμητοι διψώδεισ τε καὶ στατικοὶ κοιλίασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 85 2:2)
  • ἢν δὲ φλέγμα κολλῶδεσ ἐῄ καὶ γλίσχρον, ἐσ τὰ ὠὰ ἔλαιον ἔγχέειν καὶ Ῥητίνησ τῆσ ξηρῆσ τῆσ ἀπὸ πίτυοσ ἐμπάσσειν, ὅκωσ τὸ θεῖον κρέσσον ἐῄ, καὶ τῆσ ἀπὸ τερμίνθου δὲ τήξαντα · καὶ πέπερι ὀνηϊστὸν καὶ ἐν ὠοῖσ καὶ ἐν πτισάνῃ καὶ ἅπασι τοῖσι ἐδέσμασι καὶ ὁκόσα πεπέρεϊ ξυνῳδά· κρεῶν ἀκρόποδεσ ἐν χυλοῖσι τακεροὶ, πέλειαι , ἀλεκτορίδεσ ἑφθαί· συῶν ἐγκέφαλοι, ὀπτοὶ μὲν σὺν τῷ ἐπιπλόῳ· ἄνευ δὲ τουτέου ἄκνισοι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 374)

Synonyms

  1. inside the head

  2. heart of the date palm

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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