Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὁ γὰρ λαὸσ οὗτοσ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐ πέποιθαν ἐπὶ τοῖσ δόρασιν αὐτῶν, ἀλλ̓ ἐπὶ τοῖσ ὕψεσι τῶν ὀρέων αὐτῶν, ἐν οἷσ αὐτοὶ ἐνοικοῦσιν ἐν αὐτοῖσ. οὐ γάρ ἐστιν εὐχερὲσ προσβῆναι ταῖσ κορυφαῖσ τῶν ὀρέων αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:10)
  • καὶ κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ἰσχύοντεσ αὐτὸν ἄγξαι περισύραντεσ τό δέρμα σὺν ἄκραισ ταῖσ τῶν δακτύλων κορυφαῖσ ἀπεσκύθιζον. καὶ εὐθέωσ ἦγον ἐπὶ τὸν τροχόν, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:7)
  • τίνασ Ἰλιάσιν ταῖσδ’ ἐν κορυφαῖσ λεύσσω φλογέασ δαλοῖσι χέρασ διερέσσοντασ; (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests5)
  • πόθι Νύσασ ἄρα τᾶσ θη‐ ροτρόφου θυρσοφορεῖσ θιάσουσ, ὦ Διόνυσ’, ἢ κορυφαῖσ Κωρυκίαισ; (Euripides, choral, epode1)
  • ἢ χεροῖν ἀνασπάσω κορυφαῖσ ὑποβαλὼν ὦμον ἢ βραχίονα; (Euripides, episode 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. top of the head

  2. mountain peak

  3. top

  4. vertex of a triangle

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION