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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[top]], [[skull]], also metph. (Il.).<br />Other forms: Dor. <b class="b3">-φά</b><br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κορυφα-γενής</b> <b class="b2">head born</b>, prop. of Athena, metaph. (Pythag. in Plu. 2, 381f.), <b class="b3">δι-κόρυφος</b> <b class="b2">with two summits</b> (E., Arist.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κορυφαῖος</b> m. <b class="b2">the firste, head-, choirleader</b> (IA.), second. adj. <b class="b2">at the head</b> (Plu., Hdn.), <b class="b3">κορυφαιότης</b> [[leadership]] (Corp. Herm.); <b class="b3">κορυφαῖον</b> <b class="b2">the upper part of a hunting-net</b>, <b class="b3">-φαία</b> <b class="b2">the head part of a bridle</b> (X., Poll.). - <b class="b3">κορυφώδης</b> <b class="b2">with summits</b> (Hp.). - <b class="b3">κορυφάς</b> f. <b class="b2">edge of the navel</b> (Hp. ap. Gal.); <b class="b3">-φίς</b>, <b class="b3">-φών</b> = <b class="b3">κορυφή</b> (Gloss.), <b class="b3">κόρυφος</b> m. = <b class="b3">κορυφή</b> (Epid.), = <b class="b3">κόρυμβος γυναικεῖος</b> H. - <b class="b3">κορύφαινα</b> f. name of a fish, <b class="b3">ἵππουρις</b> (Dorio ap. Ath.); on the motive Strömberg Fischnamen 59, on the suffix ibd. 137; <b class="b3">κορύφια</b> pl. kind of molluscs (Xenokr. ap. Orib.). - <b class="b3">κορυφιστήρ</b> = <b class="b3">κορυφαῖον</b> (Poll.), also <b class="b2">forehead-band</b> (sch.); cf. <b class="b3">βραχιονιστήρ</b> (Chantraine Formation 328), <b class="b3">-ιστής</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (H.). - Denomin. verbs: 1. <b class="b3">κορυφόομαι</b> <b class="b2">rise up high</b> (Il.), <b class="b2">count together</b> (hell.), <b class="b3">-όω</b> <b class="b2">bring to the top</b> (medic.), with <b class="b3">κορύφωμα</b> [[summum]] (Ath. Mech.), <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> <b class="b2">top of a pyramide</b> (Nicom.). - 2. <b class="b3">κορύπτω</b> <b class="b2">butt with the skull (horns)</b> (Theoc.; on the formation Schwyzer 705) with <b class="b3">κορυπτίλος</b> [[butting]] (Theoc.); after <b class="b3">τροχίλος</b>, <b class="b3">σποργίλος</b> (Chantraine Formation 249), prob. hypocoristisc; also <b class="b3">κορύπτης</b>, <b class="b3">-τόλης</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (EM, H.); <b class="b3">ἐκορυπτίας ἐγαυρίας</b> H.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formation with <b class="b3">φ-</b>suffix (Schwyzer 495, Chantraine 264), from an <b class="b3">υ-</b>stem (but the word is non-IE!), which some see in <b class="b3">κόρυς</b>; the meaning speaks against this deriv. - Wrong combinations in Bezzenberger-Fick BB 6, 237 (s. Bq) and Persson Beitr. 1, 179 (s. WP. 1, 406). - Since long recognized as Pre-Greek, <b class="b3">κορυφ-</b>, with prenasalization <b class="b3">κορυμβ-</b>.<br />See also: - S. also [[κόρυμβος]].

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