κορυφή
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
First declension of ἡ κορῠφή; τῆς κορῠφῆς (Attic)
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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First declension of κορῠφή; κορῠφῆς (Epic)
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.
- apex idem, page 33.
- brow idem, page 101.
- crest idem, page 184.
- crown idem, page 186.
- edge idem, page 261.
- head idem, page 389.
- peak idem, page 601.
- pinnacle idem, page 614.
- ridge idem, page 713.
- summit idem, page 837.
- top idem, page 881.
- vertex idem, page 949.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κορυφή (koruphḗ).
Noun
κορυφή • (koryfí) f
- peak, summit, top, crest
- apex
- ridge
- (figuratively) top person
Declension
declension of κορυφή
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κορυφή • | κορυφές • |
genitive | κορυφής • | κορυφών • |
accusative | κορυφή • | κορυφές • |
vocative | κορυφή • | κορυφές • |
Related terms
- ακορύφωτος (akorýfotos, “peakless”)
Further reading
- κορυφή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el