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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κορυφάσιον (Koruphásion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Coryphasium n sg (genitive Coryphasiī or Coryphasī); second declension
- a promontory in ancient Messenia, modern Greece, which forms the entrance to the bay of Pylus
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Coryphasium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Coryphasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.