περικεφάλ-αιος [ᾰ], α, ον,
round the head: hence,
__II substantive περικεφαλαία, ἡ, covering for the head, helmet, cap, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Callias Comicus 1 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, Aen. Tact. 24.6, “PPetr.” 3p.328 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σιδηρᾶ περιηργυρωμένη [[ “IG” 11(2).161 B 77 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), compare 22.1478.16, 12(5).647.30 (from Ceos), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.71.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.9.4, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.36.3. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.b wig, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.2 disorder of the oak, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.8.7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 in a ship, ={ὁ στόλος ὑπὲρ τὴν στεῖραν}, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.86, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.13.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 name of a bandage, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de fasciis - Opera Hippocratis et Galeni” 24. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]