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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

  • "ὦ δαιμόνιε ἀνδρῶν, οὐκ οἶδασ ὅτι αἱ ἐν τῷ ἐγκεφάλῳ ἡμῶν αἰσθήσεισ ὀδμαῖσ ἡδείαισ παρηγοροῦνται προσέτι τε θεραπεύονται, καθὰ καὶ Ἄλεξίσ φησιν ἐν Πονήρᾳ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 1:2)
  • "ὑγιείασ μέροσ μέγιστον ὀσμὰσ ἐγκεφάλῳ χρηστὰσ ποιεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 36 1:3)
  • μέγιστον ὀσμὰσ ἐγκεφάλῳ χρηστὰσ ποιεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 24 4:1)
  • "τὸ δὲ περικάρπιον ἀφαιρεθέντων τῶν παππωδῶν ἐμφερὲσ τῷ τοῦ φοίνικοσ ἐγκεφάλῳ, ἐδώδιμον καὶ τοῦτο· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 836)
  • καὶ μόνοσ οὗτοσ ἰχθύων τὴν καρδίαν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ ἔχει καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐγκεφάλῳ λίθουσ ἐμφερεῖσ μύλαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 995)

Synonyms

  1. inside the head

  2. heart of the date palm

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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