κορυφαῖον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κορυφαῖον
κορυφαῖου
Structure:
κορυφαι
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- the upper rim of a hunting-net
Declension
Second 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.
- πρὸ δὲ τῶν ὅλων μεμνῆσθαι χρὴ τοὺσ ἐπιτιμῶντασ, ὅτι οὐ σοφῷ ὄντι μοι ‐ εἰ δή τισ καὶ ἄλλοσ ἐστί που σοφόσ ‐ ἐπιτιμήσουσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ἐκ τοῦ πολλοῦ δήμου, λόγουσ μὲν ἀσκήσαντι καὶ τὰ μέτρια ἐπαινουμένῳ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ, πρὸσ δὲ τὴν ἄκραν ἐκείνην τῶν κορυφαίων ἀρετὴν οὐ πάνυ γεγυμνασμένῳ· (Lucian, Apologia 34:1)
- καὶ μὴν ὀλίγουσ ἄν, ὦ Ζεῦ, τοὺσ ἀναιτίουσ εὑρ́οισ ἐν ἡμῖν καί που τάχα προϊὼν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ ἅψεται καὶ τῶν κορυφαίων τινόσ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 44:7)
- ἡρ́ωσ Πρωτεσίλαε, σὺ γὰρ πρώτην ἐμύησασ Ἴλιον Ἑλλαδικοῦ θυμὸν ἰδεῖν δόρατοσ, καὶ περὶ σοῖσ τύμβοισ ὅσα δένδρεα μακρὰ τέθηλε, πάντα τὸν εἰσ Τροίην ἐγκεκύηκε χόλον Ἴλιον ἢν ἐσίδῃ γὰρ ἀπ’ ἀκρεμόνων κορυφαίων, καρφοῦται, πετάλων κόσμον ἀναινόμενα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3851)
- λέγωμεν δή, ὡσ ἐοίκεν, ἐπεὶ σοί γε δοκεῖ, περὶ τῶν κορυφαίων· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 191:2)
- ἐπὶ γὰρ Δαρείου τοῦ Ὑστάσπεοσ καὶ Ξέρξεω τοῦ Δαρείου καὶ Ἀρτοξέρξεω τοῦ Ξέρξεω, τριῶν τουτέων ἐπεξῆσ γενεέων, ἐγένετο πλέω κακὰ τῇ Ἑλλάδι ἢ ἐπὶ εἴκοσι ἄλλασ γενεὰσ τὰσ πρὸ Δαρείου γενομένασ, τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν Περσέων αὐτῇ γενόμενα, τὰ δὲ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν τῶν κορυφαίων περὶ τῆσ ἀρχῆσ πολεμεόντων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 98 3:1)
Synonyms
-
the upper rim of a hunting-net
- σαρδόνιον (the rope sustaining the upper-edge of a hunting-net)
- δίκτυον (a casting-net, a net, a hunting-net)
