κεφαλή the head of man or beast, Hom., etc.; κατὰ κεφαλῆς, Epic κὰκ κεφαλῆς, over the head, Hom.; κὰκ κεφαλήν on the head, Il.:— ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, Il.:— ἐπὶ κεφαλήν head foremost, head downwards, headlong, Hdt., Plat., etc. the head, put for the whole person, Hom.; ἶσον ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ like myself, Il.; φίλη κ., Lat. carum caput, Il.: in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί Hdt.; ὦ μιαρὰ κ. Ar. the head, i. e. the life, παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς setting their heads on the cast, Od.:—in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τρέποιτʼ ἐμοί on my head be it! Ar., etc. generally, κ. σκορόδου a head of garlic, Ar.: the top or brim of a vessel, Theocr.: the coping of a wall, Xen.:—in pl. the head or source of a river, Hdt. metaph., like κεφάλαιον, the crown, completion of a thing, Plat.