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κορυφαία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κορυφαία

Structure: κορυφαι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: korufh/

Sense

  1. the head-stall of a bridle

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κορυφαία κορυφαίᾱ κορυφαῖαι
Genitive κορυφαίᾱς κορυφαίαιν κορυφαιῶν
Dative κορυφαίᾱͅ κορυφαίαιν κορυφαίαις
Accusative κορυφαίᾱν κορυφαίᾱ κορυφαίᾱς
Vocative κορυφαίᾱ κορυφαίᾱ κορυφαῖαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πρῶτον μὲν τοίνυν τῆσ ἐπιφατνιδίασ φορβειᾶσ ἐπίστασθαι αὐτὸν δεῖ μήποτε τὸ ἅμμα ποιεῖσθαι ἔνθαπερ ἡ κορυφαία περιτίθεται. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 5 2:2)
  • τὰ μὲν δὴ ὑψηλὰ καὶ κορυφαῖα τοῦ οἴκου τοιάδε, Ὁμήρου τινὸσ δεόμενα ἐπαινέτου, ἵνα αὐτὸν ἢ ὑψώροφον ὡσ τὸν Ἑλένησ θάλαμον ἢ αἰγλήεντα ὡσ τὸν Ὄλυμπον εἴποι· (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 9:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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