κορυφαῖος
καὶ λέγων ὅτι Πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρὸς καὶ ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ· μετανοεῖτε καὶ πιστεύετε ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ → declaring “The time has been accomplished and the kingdom of God is near: start repenting and believing in the gospel!” (Μark 1:15)
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A head man, chief, leader, αὐτὸς ἕκαστος βουλόμενος κ. εἶναι Hdt.3.82; τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοὺς κ. ib.159, cf. 6.23, 98, Pl.Tht.173c; οἱ κ. party-leaders, Plb.28.4.6, cf. Phld.Sto.Herc.339.11; in the Drama, leader of the chorus, ἡγεμὼν τῆς φυλῆς κ. D.21.60 codd., cf. Arist.Pol.1277a11, Posidon.15J., etc.; κ. ἑστηκώς standing at the head of the row, Ar.Pl.953. II as Adj., at the top, ὁ κ. πῖλος the apex of the Roman flamen, Plu.Marc.5; τὰ κ. τῆς νίκης the crowning fruits of... Hdn.8.3.5; κ. τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων Id.7.5.2; τοῦ λαμπροῦ -αῖον (sc. αἴτιον) Phld.Po.2.41. 2 epith. of Zeus, CIG4458.4 (Seleucia in Pieria); of the Roman Jupiter Capitolinus, Paus.2.4.5: Sup. κορυφαιότατος in later Gr., κ. ἀρχαί CIG3885 (Eumeneia), cf. Plu.2.1115b, Luc.Sol.5, Hist.Conscr.34.
