πολυκέφαλος
ον
A.
many-headed, θηρίον Pl. R. 588c; σοφιστής Id. Sph. 240c, cf. Arist. GA 769b27; of plants, interpol. in Dsc. 2.152; π. στρέβλα (with allusion to Pl. R.l.c.) LXX 4 Ma. 7.14; νόμος π., a celebrated air on the flute, so called from its expressing the hissing of the serpents round the Gorgon's head, Plu. 2.1133d.