coryphia

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορύφιον (korúphion, “a mollusc”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈry.pʰi.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈri.fi.a/,

Noun

coryphia n pl (genitive coryphiōrum); second declension

(plural only) A kind of murex yielding a purple dye

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	coryphia
genitive	coryphiōrum
dative	coryphiīs
accusative	coryphia
ablative	coryphiīs
vocative	coryphia

References

“coryphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
coryphia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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