Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρόταφος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρόταφος

Etym.: krote/w

Sense

  1. the side of the forehead, the temples
  2. its side

Examples

  • Τοῖσι δὲ καὶ τὰ δεξιὰ μοῦνον, ἢ τὰ λαιὰ μοῦνον, ἐσ ὅσον ὁρίζων κρόταφοσ, ἢ ὦσ, ἢ καὶ ὀφρὺσ μία, ἢ ὀφθαλμὸσ εἷσ, ἢ Ῥὶσ μέσφι μέσου ἐσ ἶσα τέμνει, ἐπέκεινα δὲ τὸ ἄλγημα οὐ περῇ ἀλλ’ ἐν ἡμίσεϊ μίμνει τῷ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ χωρίῳ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 12)
  • Τάμνοντι δὲ κεφαλὴν, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα τῆσ κεφαλῆσ ἀσφαλείην ἔχει ταμνόμενα‧ ὁ δὲ κρόταφοσ, καὶ ἄνωθεν ἔτι τοῦ κροτάφου, κατὰ τὴν φλέβα τὴν διὰ τοῦ κροτάφου φερομένην, τοῦτο δὲ τὸ χωρίον μὴ τάμνειν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 13.10)

Synonyms

  1. the side of the forehead

  2. its side

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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