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κορυφή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κορυφή κορυφῆς

Structure: κορυφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ko/rus

Sense

  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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κορυφή κορυφᾱ́ κορυφαί
Genitive κορυφῆς κορυφαῖν κορυφῶν
Dative κορυφῇ κορυφαῖν κορυφαῖς
Accusative κορυφήν κορυφᾱ́ κορυφᾱ́ς
Vocative κορυφή κορυφᾱ́ κορυφαί

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

  • πίπτει δ’ ἀσφαλὲσ οὐδ’ ἐπὶ νώτῳ, κορυφᾷ Διὸσ εἰ κρανθῇ , πρᾶγμα τέλειον. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, antistrophe 41)
  • ὥσ μοι καὶ τέκτων μέγ’ ἀπέχθεται, ὅστισ ἐρευνῇ ἶσον ὄρευσ κορυφᾷ τελέσαι δόμον εὐρυμέδοντοσ, καὶ Μοισᾶν ὄρνιχεσ, ὅσοι ποτὶ Χῖον ἀοιδὸν ἀντία κοκκύζοντεσ ἐτώσια μοχθίζοντι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 25)

Synonyms

  1. top of the head

  2. mountain peak

  3. top

  4. vertex of a triangle

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