κορυφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from a Pre-Greek root common to κόρυμβος (kórumbos) and κόρυς (kórus).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κορῠφή • (koruphḗ) f (genitive κορῠφῆς); first declension

  1. top of the head, crown
  2. mountain peak
  3. top, apex
  4. (geometry) vertex of a triangle
  5. the best thing, excellence

Declension
First declension of ἡ κορῠφή; τῆς κορῠφῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κορῠφαῖος (koruphaîos)

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

  1. peak, summit, top, crest
  2. apex
  3. ridge
  4. (figuratively) top person

Declension
declension of κορυφή
singular plural
nominative κορυφή • κορυφές •
genitive κορυφής • κορυφών •
accusative κορυφή • κορυφές •
vocative κορυφή • κορυφές •

Further reading
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