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κεφάλαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεφάλαιος κεφαλαίᾱ κεφάλαιον

Structure: κεφαλαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. main, chief, principal, primary
  2. (economics) capital, principal
  3. sum, completion

Examples

  • δύναταί τισ πᾶσι τούτοισ τοῖσ κεφαλαίοισ χρῆσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ πῶσ ὁρῶμεν. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 4:1)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἐν κεφαλαίοισ εἰπεῖν, ὅσασ αἰτίασ εἰρήκαμεν τῆσ τε ὀλιγαρχίασ τῆσ ἀκράτου καὶ τελευταίασ καὶ τῆσ δημοκρατίασ τῆσ ἐσχάτησ, τοσαύτασ καὶ τῆσ τυραννίδοσ θετέον· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 263:1)
  • ὡσ τοίνυν ἁπάντων τῶν κακῶν αἴτιοσ τῇ πόλει ἐγένετο καὶ οὐδ’ ὑφ’ ἑνὸσ αὐτὸν προσήκει ἐλεεῖσθαι, ἐγὼ οἶμαι ὑμῖν ἐν κεφαλαίοισ ἀποδείξειν. (Lysias, Speeches, 40:1)
  • ἆρ’ οὖν δὴ διεληλύθαμεν ἤδη καθάπερ χθέσ, ὡσ ἐν κεφαλαίοισ πάλιν ἐπανελθεῖν, ἢ ποθοῦμεν ἔτι τι τῶν ῥηθέντων, ὦ φίλε Γίμαιε, ὡσ ἀπολειπόμενον; (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 13:4)
  • νῦν οὖν, οὗπερ ἕνεκα πάντα ταῦτα εἴρηται, λέγειν εἰμὶ ἕτοιμοσ, ὦ Σώκρατεσ, μὴ μόνον ἐν κεφαλαίοισ ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ ἤκουσα καθ’ ἕκαστον· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 59:2)

Synonyms

  1. main

  2. capital

  3. sum

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