κορυφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from a Pre-Greek root common to κόρυμβος (kórumbos, “tip of a ship or mountain”) and κόρυς (kórus, “helmet”), based on κορυφ-/κορυμβ- alternation with the aforementioned κόρυμβος (kórumbos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.ry.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /ko.ryˈɸi/ → /ko.riˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.ry.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.ryˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.ryˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.ryˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.riˈfi/

Noun

κορῠφή • (koruphḗ) f (genitive κορῠφῆς); first declension

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 of ἡ κορῠφή; τῆς κορῠφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορῠφή hē koruphḗ	τὼ κορῠφᾱ́ tṑ koruphā́	αἱ κορῠφαί hai koruphaí
Genitive	τῆς κορῠφῆς tês koruphês	τοῖν κορῠφαῖν toîn koruphaîn	τῶν κορῠφῶν tôn koruphôn
Dative	τῇ κορῠφῇ têi koruphêi	τοῖν κορῠφαῖν toîn koruphaîn	ταῖς κορῠφαῖς taîs koruphaîs
Accusative	τὴν κορῠφήν tḕn koruphḗn	τὼ κορῠφᾱ́ tṑ koruphā́	τᾱ̀ς κορῠφᾱ́ς tā̀s koruphā́s
Vocative	κορῠφή koruphḗ	κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́	κορῠφαί koruphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of κορῠφή; κορῠφῆς (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κορῠφή koruphḗ	κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́	κορῠφαί koruphaí
Genitive	κορῠφῆς koruphês	κορῠφαῖν / κορῠφαῖῐν / κορῠφῇῐν koruphaî(i)n / koruphêiin	κορῠφᾱ́ων / κορῠφέ͜ων / κορῠφῶν koruphā́ōn / koruphé͜ōn / koruphôn
Dative	κορῠφῇ koruphêi	κορῠφαῖν / κορῠφαῖῐν / κορῠφῇῐν koruphaî(i)n / koruphêiin	κορῠφῇσῐ / κορῠφῇσῐν / κορῠφῇς / κορῠφαῖς koruphêisi(n) / koruphêis / koruphaîs
Accusative	κορῠφήν koruphḗn	κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́	κορῠφᾱ́ς koruphā́s
Vocative	κορῠφή koruphḗ	κορῠφᾱ́ koruphā́	κορῠφαί koruphaí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• κορῠφαῖος (koruphaîos)
• μελαγκόρυφος (melankóruphos)

 

Descendants

• → Translingual: Corypha

Further reading

• “κορυφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κορυφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κορυφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κορυφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κορυφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apex idem, page 33.
  • brow idem, page 101.
  • crest idem, page 184.
  • crown idem, page 186.
  • edge idem, page 261.
  • head idem, page 389.
  • peak idem, page 601.
  • pinnacle idem, page 614.
  • ridge idem, page 713.
  • summit idem, page 837.
  • top idem, page 881.
  • vertex idem, page 949.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κορυφή (koruphḗ).

Noun

κορυφή • (koryfí) f

1. peak, summit, top, crest
2. apex, vertex
3. (geometry) maxima
4. ridge
5. (figuratively) top person

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	κορυφή (koryfí)	κορυφές (koryfés)
genitive	κορυφής (koryfís)	κορυφών (koryfón)
accusative	κορυφή (koryfí)	κορυφές (koryfés)
vocative	κορυφή (koryfí)	κορυφές (koryfés)

Related terms

• ακορύφωτος (akorýfotos, “peakless”)

Further reading

• κορυφή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el