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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

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

  • οὔ νιν κορυφαὶ μεγάλασ ἴσχουσι γαίασ, οὐδ’ ἁλὸσ ἀκαμάτασ δυσπαίπαλα κύματα· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 2:2)
  • Παρνησιάδεσ δ’ ἄβατοι κορυφαὶ καταλαμπόμεναι τὴν ἡμερίαν ἁψῖδα βροτοῖσι δέχονται. (Euripides, Ion, choral, anapests2)
  • Ἀρχιδάμου τοῦ Ζευξιδάμου τέταρτονἔτοσ ἐν Σπάρτῃ βασιλεύοντοσ ὑπὸ σεισμοῦ μεγίστου δὴ τῶν μνημονευομένων πρότερον ἥ τε χώρα τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων χάσμασιν ἐνώλισθε πολλοῖσ καὶ τῶν Ταϋγέτων τιναχθέντων κορυφαί τινεσ ἀπερράγησαν, αὐτὴ δ’ ἡ πόλισ ὅλη συνεχύθη πλὴν οἰκιῶν πέντε, τὰσ δ’ ἄλλασ ἤρειψεν ὁ σεισμόσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 16 4:3)
  • ἤχησαν δ’ ὀρέων κορυφαὶ καὶ βένθεα πόντου φωνῇ ὑπ’ ἀθανάτῃ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 4:2)
  • τελεύταθεν δὲ λόγων κορυφαὶ ἐν ἀλαθείᾳ πετοῖσαι. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 7 23:1)

Synonyms

  1. top of the head

  2. mountain peak

  3. top

  4. vertex of a triangle

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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