κρότᾰφ-ος, ὁ,
side of the forehead, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.502, 20.397, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ra.” 854: mostly in _plural_ ] Refs 8th c.BC+], temples, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.188, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.187, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Prog.” 2, etc.; πρᾶτον ἴουλον ἀπὸ κροτάφων καταβάλλων 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.85, compare 11.9, “IG” 5(1).1355 (from Abia); τοὺς κ. πολιοῦνται πρῶτον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 784b35 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].
__2 generally, side edge, profile, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hyp.” 3.6; κύκλου [prev. work] 17 ] Refs 5th c.AD+]; of a brick, [[“PMag.Par.” 1.30; κατὰ κρόταφον] Refs] sideways, horizontally, [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Bel.98.2”, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus “Bel.64.25”, compare 60.7; ἐπὶ κρορόταφον] Refs 2nd c.BC+] on its side, [[[prev. work] 66.13. ] Refs]
__II metaphorically, slope of a mountain, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 721; ὑπὸ κροτάφοις Ἑλικῶνος Philiadasap. 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see at {Θέσπεια}. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III back of a book, [[ Anonymus cited in 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs]
__IV edge or narrow side of a stele, [[“IG” 42(1).109 iii 162, iv 129 (Epid.). (κόρταφος “EM” 541.23, “Et.Gud.”, 12th c.AD: Zonaras Legal icographus, probably to be read in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 84; κότραφος “PMag.Osl.” 1.152, etc.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]