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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

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

  • καὶ γὰρ οὐ κηπίον, ἀλλὰ σκάφιον ἐκεκάρμην, ὡσ ἂν οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ τὸν κόννον καὶ τὴν κορυφαίαν ἀποκεκομηκώσ· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 5:6)
  • ὁπότε δὲ ἡ νεότησ σαφήσ, δεῖ αὖ μὴ λαθεῖν πῶσ μὲν εἰσ τὸ στόμα δέχεται τὸν χαλινόν, πῶσ δὲ περὶ τὰ ὦτα τὴν κορυφαίαν. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 3 3:1)
  • ἔπειτα τὰσ μὲν ἡνίασ περιβαλὼν περὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν καθέτω ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκρωμίᾳ, τὴν δὲ κορυφαίαν τῇ δεξιᾷ αἰρέτω, τὸ δὲ στόμιον τῇ ἀριστερᾷ προσφερέτω. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 6 8:2)

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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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