κορυφή
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from a Pre-Greek root common to κόρυμβος (kórumbos) and κόρυς (kórus).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.ry.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ko.ryˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ko.ryˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ko.ryˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ko.riˈfi/
Noun
κορῠφή • (koruphḗ) f (genitive κορῠφῆς); first declension
- top of the head, crown
- mountain peak
- top, apex
- (geometry) vertex of a triangle
- the best thing, excellence
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ κορῠφή hē koruphḗ |
τὼ κορῠφᾱ́ tṑ koruphā́ |
αἱ κορῠφαί hai koruphaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κορῠφῆς tês koruphês |
τοῖν κορῠφαῖν toîn koruphaîn |
τῶν κορῠφῶν tôn koruphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κορῠφῇ têi koruphêi |
τοῖν κορῠφαῖν toîn koruphaîn |
ταῖς κορῠφαῖς taîs koruphaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κορῠφήν tḕn koruphḗn |
τὼ κορῠφᾱ́ tṑ koruphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς κορῠφᾱ́ς tā̀s koruphā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κορῠφή koruphḗ |
κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́ |
κορῠφαί koruphaí | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | κορῠφή koruphḗ |
κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́ |
κορῠφαί koruphaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | κορῠφῆς koruphês |
κορῠφαῖν / κορῠφαῖῐν / κορῠφῇῐν koruphaî(i)n / koruphêiin |
κορῠφᾱ́ων / κορῠφέ͜ων / κορῠφῶν koruphā́ōn / koruphé͜ōn / koruphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | κορῠφῇ koruphêi |
κορῠφαῖν / κορῠφαῖῐν / κορῠφῇῐν koruphaî(i)n / koruphêiin |
κορῠφῇσῐ / κορῠφῇσῐν / κορῠφῇς / κορῠφαῖς koruphêisi(n) / koruphêis / koruphaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | κορῠφήν koruphḗn |
κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́ |
κορῠφᾱ́ς koruphā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κορῠφή koruphḗ |
κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́ |
κορῠφαί koruphaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κορῠφαῖος (koruphaîos)
- μελαγκόρυφος (melankóruphos)
Further reading
- “κορυφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κορυφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κορυφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κορυφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κορυφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κορυφή (koruphḗ).
Noun
κορυφή • (koryfí) f
Declension
declension of κορυφή
Related terms
- ακορύφωτος (akorýfotos, “peakless”)
Further reading
κορυφή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
