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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

  • Εἂν ὦσι δύο γωνίαι ἐπίπεδοι ἴσαι, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν κορυφῶν αὐτῶν μετέωροι εὐθεῖαι ἐπισταθῶσιν ἴσασ γωνίασ περιέχουσαι μετὰ τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ εὐθειῶν ἑκατέραν ἑκατέρᾳ, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν μετεώρων ληφθῇ τυχόντα σημεῖα, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐπίπεδα, ἐν οἷσ εἰσιν αἱ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ γωνίαι, κάθετοι ἀχθῶσιν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν γενομένων σημείων ἐν τοῖσ ἐπιπέδοισ ἐπὶ τὰσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ γωνίασ ἐπιζευχθῶσιν εὐθεῖαι, ἴσασ γωνίασ περιέξουσι μετὰ τῶν μετεώρων. (Euclid, Elements, book 11, type Prop684)
  • τοῖσ μὲν οὖν Ἀλεξανδρεῦσιν αὕτη παρέχει τὸ πλεῖστον τοῦ οἴνου, τὸ ὑπερκείμενον τῆσ πόλεωσ ὄροσ πᾶν κατάμπελον ἔχουσα μέχρι σχεδόν τι τῶν κορυφῶν· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. top of the head

  2. mountain peak

  3. top

  4. vertex of a triangle

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