Κεφαλή
head, extremity
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Nov 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. So named] from having curvature of the spine [kekufw=sqai ], or rather [from] being bent over [keka/mfqai ]. And physicians call it skafei=on ["bowl"]. And Hippocrates [calls it] ku/bhtos .1 But the Macedonians [call it] ke/bh , using beta instead of phi, as in Pherenike, [whom they call] Berenike.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεφαλή· παρὰ τὸ κεκυφῶσθαι, ἤγουν κεκάμφθαι. καὶ οἱ ἰατροὶ σκαφεῖον αὐτὸ καλοῦσι. καὶ ὁ Ἱπποκράτης δὲ κύβητον. Μακεδόνες δὲ κέβην, τὸ β ἀντὶ τοῦ φ λαμβάνοντες, ὡς ἐπὶ Φερενίκης, Βερενίκης.