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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

  • εὐλογίασ πατρόσ σου καὶ μητρόσ σου. ὑπερίσχυσεν ὑπὲρ εὐλογίασ ὀρέων μονίμων καὶ ἐπ̓ εὐλογίαισ θινῶν ἀενάων. ἔσονται ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἐπὶ κορυφῆσ ὧν ἡγήσατο ἀδελφῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 49:26)
  • εἶπε δὲ Μωυσῆσ τῷ Ἰησοῦ. ἐπίλεξον σεαυτῷ ἄνδρασ δυνατοὺσ καὶ ἐξελθὼν παράταξαι τῷ Ἀμαλὴκ αὔριον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τῆσ κορυφῆσ τοῦ βουνοῦ, καὶ ἡ ράβδοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:9)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἰησοῦσ καθάπερ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Μωυσῆσ, καὶ ἐξελθὼν παρετάξατο τῷ Ἀμαλήκ. καὶ Μωυσῆσ καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ Ὢρ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ βουνοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:10)
  • κατέβη δὲ Κύριοσ ἐπὶ τὸ ὄροσ τὸ Σινὰ ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ ὄρουσ. καὶ ἐκάλεσε Κύριοσ Μωυσῆν ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ ὄρουσ, καὶ ἀνέβη Μωυσῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 19:20)
  • στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 1:9)
  • Καὶ εἶπε. Κύριοσ ἐκ Σιὼν ἐφθέγξατο καὶ ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔδωκε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπένθησαν αἱ νομαὶ τῶν ποιμένων, καὶ ἐξηράνθη ἡ κορυφὴ τοῦ Καρμήλου. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 1:2)
  • καὶ τοῦ Καυκάσου κορυφή τισ ἐδείκνυτο ‐ Στρόβιλοσ τῇ κορυφῇ ὄνομα ‐ , ἵναπερ ὁ Προμηθεὺσ κρεμασθῆναι ὑπὸ Ἡφαίστου κατὰ πρόσταξιν Διὸσ μυθεύεται. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 11 8:2)
  • καί μιν οἱ μὲν ἐσ Διόνυσον, ἄλλοι δὲ ἐσ Δευκαλίωνα, οἱ δὲ ἐσ Σεμίραμιν ἄγουσιν καὶ γὰρ δὴ ὦν ἐπὶ τῇ κορυφῇ αὐτοῦ περιστερὴ χρυσέη ἐφέστηκεν, τοὔνεκα δὴ μυθέονται Σεμιράμιοσ ἔμμεναι τόδε σημήιον. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 33:4)

Synonyms

  1. top of the head

  2. mountain peak

  3. top

  4. vertex of a triangle

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