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|Definition=ἡ, ([[κόρυς]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[head]], [[top]]: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[crown]], [[top of the head]], of a horse, <span class="bibl">Il.8.83</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.11</span>; of a man or god, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>309</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.187</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>6003.8</span> (iv A. D.): between [[βρέγμα]] and [[ἰνίον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>491a34</span>; τὸ ὀστέον τῆς κορυφῆς <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[top]], [[peak]] of a mountain (so mostly Hom.), [[οὔρεος]] ἐν κορυφῇς <span class="bibl">Il.2.456</span>; ὄρεος κορυφῇσι <span class="bibl">3.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Alcm.60.1</span>; κορυφαὶ γαίας <span class="bibl">B.5.24</span>; κορυφὴ Οὐλύμποιο <span class="bibl">Il.1.499</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>270</span>; Αἴτνας [[μελάμφυλλος|μελάμφυλλοι]] κορυφαί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.27</span>; τηλαυγέ' ἀγ κορυφάν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pae.</span>7.12</span>; κορυφὴ πόληος Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>17.6; [[ἀστρογείτονες|ἀστρογείτονας]] κορυφή <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>722</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.49</span>, <span class="bibl">181</span>, <span class="bibl">9.99</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[summit]], [[top]], <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφὴν ἐσβαλεῖν ἐς τὴν κάτω Μακεδονίαν</b> [[straight over the summit]], [[ridge]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.99</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).71.11 (Epid., iv B. C.), <span class="title">OGI</span>383.125 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C.); <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφὴν [τῆς στήλης] ἔσφαττον</b> (sc. [[ταύρους]]) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>119e</span>; <b class="b3">ἵσταται κατὰ κορυφὴν ὁ ἥλιος</b> [[in the zenith]], Plu.2.938a; <b class="b3">τὸ κατὰ κορυφὴν</b>, with or without [[σημεῖον]], the [[zenith]], <span class="bibl">Gem.5.64</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>11</span>, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>4.59</span>; <b class="b3">ταῖς τῶν κατὰ κορυφὴν λίθων ἐμβολαῖς</b> by the stones falling [[vertically]], <span class="bibl">Plb.8.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[apex]], [[vertex]] of a [[triangle]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.14.8</span>; of the Delta, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>21e</span>; [[point]] of an [[angle]], τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν [[μέρος]] <span class="bibl">Plb.1.26.16</span>, etc.; [[apex]] of a [[cone]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>362b3</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφήν</b> [[vertically]] [[opposite]], of [[angle]]s, <span class="bibl">Euc.1.15</span>; of halves of double cone, Apollon. Perg.''1'' <span class="title">Def.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[extremity]], [[tip]], <b class="b3">κορυφαὶ [κλημάτων], τῶν συγκυπτῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.14.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.22.8</span>; in Anatomy, the [[os coccygis]], <span class="bibl">Poll. 2.183</span>: in plural, [[fingertip]]s, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.2.146</span>: Medic., of an [[abscess]], <b class="b3">ἐς κορυφὴν ἀνισταμένης ἀποστάσιος</b> coming to a [[head]], <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">SA</span>1.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">λόγων κορυφαί</b> the [[sum]] of all his [[word]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.69</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pae.</span>8.23</span>; ἔρχομαι ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν ὧν εἴρηκα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>415a</span>; but <b class="b3">λόγων κορυφὰν ὀρθάν</b> [[true]] [[sense]] of [[legend]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.80</span>; <b class="b3">κορυφὰς ἑτέρας ἑτέρῃσι προσάπτων μύθων</b> [[spring]]ing [[from peak to peak]], i.e. [[treat]]ing a [[subject]] [[disconnectedly]], <span class="bibl">Emp.24</span>; <b class="b3">κορυφὴν ὁ λόγος ἐπιθεὶς ἑαυτῷ</b> having reached its [[conclusion]], put the [[finishing]] [[touch]] to itself, Plu.2.975a; <b class="b3">κορυφὴ τοῦ κακοῦ</b> [[height]], [[full]] [[development]] of... <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.6</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πάθεος κορυφὴν ἴσχοντος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[height]], [[excellence]] of... i.e. the [[choicest]], [[best]], κορυφαὶ πολίων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.15</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἀρετᾶν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">34</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">O.</span>1.13</span>; <b class="b3">κορυφὴ ἀέθλων</b>, of the [[Olympic games]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>2.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>9.9</span>; φιάλαν… πάγχρυσον κορυφὴν κτεάνων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>7.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ καιρὸς παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν</b> is the [[best]] of [[all]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>9.79</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κορυφᾷ Διὸς εἰ κρανθῇ πρᾶγμα</b> his [[head]], i.e. his [[nod]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>92</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς οἰκουμένης κορυφή</b>, of [[Rome]], <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.19</span>.</span>

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|lstext='''κορῠφή''': ἡ, ([[κόρυς]]), ἡ [[κεφαλή]], τὸ ἀνώτατον [[μέρος]], ἡ [[ἄκρα]], [[ἐντεῦθεν]], 1) ὡς καὶ νῦν, τὸ ἀνώτατον [[ἄκρον]], ἡ κορυφὴ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἵππου, Ἰλ. Θ. 83, Ξεν. Ἱππ. 1, 11· ἀνθρώπου, Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἀπ. 309, Ἡρόδ. 4. 187, Πίνδ., Ἀττ.· ― κειμένη μεταξὺ τοῦ βρέγματος καὶ τοῦ ἰνίου, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 7, 2· τὸ [[ὀστέον]] τῆς κ. Ἱππ. 897Ε· πρβλ. [[φαλακρότης]]. 2) παρ’ Ὁμ., ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖστον ἡ [[κορυφή]], τὸ ἀνώτατον [[σημεῖον]] ὄρους, οὔρεος ἐκ κορυφῆς Ἰλ. Β. 456· ὄρεος κορυφῇσι Γ. 10· κορυφὴ ἢ κορυφαὶ Οὐλύμποιο, Ὀλύμπου, Πηλίου, Ἴδης κ. 1. 499, κτλ.· ― οὕτω παρὰ Πινδ., Ἡροδ. καὶ Ἀττ. ἀστρογείτονας κ. Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 722· πρβλ. κάρηνον 3) [[καθόλου]], πᾶσα κορυφὴ ἢ ὑψηλὸν [[μέρος]], κατὰ κορυφὴν ἐσβαλεῖν ἐς τὴν [[κάτω]] Μακεδονίαν, κατ’ εὐθεῖαν [[ὑπεράνω]] τῶν ὀρέων, (πρβλ. κατ’ ἄκρας), Θουκ. 2. 99· κατὰ κορμφὴν [[ἵσταται]] ὁ [[ἥλιος]], ἐν τῷ ζενίθ, Πλούτ. 2. 938Α· τὸ κατὰ κορυφὴν [[σημεῖον]], τὸ ζενίθ, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Μαρ. 11· ταῖς τῶν λίθων κατὰ κ. ἐμβολαῖς, διὰ τῆς πτώσεως τῶν λίθων καθέτως, Πολύβ. 8. 9, 3. 4) ἡ [[κορυφή]], apex ἢ vertex, τριγώνου, Πολύβ. 2. 14, 8· ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦ Δέλτα, Πλάτ. Τίμ. 21Ε· τὸ [[σημεῖον]] εἰς ὃ συνέρχονται αἱ δύο πλευραὶ γωνίας, τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν κ. [[μέρος]] Πολύβ. 1. 26, 16, κτλ.· τὸ ἀνώτατον [[σημεῖον]] κώνου, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 2. 5, 12. 5) = [[κόκκυξ]] IV, Πολυβ. Β΄, 183· [[ὡσαύτως]], τὸ [[ἄκρον]] δακτύλου, [[αὐτόθι]] 146. ΙΙ. μεταφ., τὸ ὕψιστον [[σημεῖον]], ἡ [[κορωνίς]], λατ. summa, παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν, [[εἶναι]] ὁ [[ἀνώτατος]], [[κάλλιστος]] πάντων, Πινδ. Π. 9. 136· λόγων κορυφαί, τὸ σύνολον τῶν λόγων ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ο. 7. 125· [[ἔρχομαι]] ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ὧν εἴρηκα Πλάτ. Κρατ. 415Α· ― ἀλλὰ κορυφὰ λόγων προτέρων ἡ [[οὐσία]], ἡ ἀληθὴς [[σημασία]] τῶν παλαιῶν μύθων, Πινδ. Π. 5. 142· οὕτω, κορυφαὶ μύθων παρ’ Ἐμπεδ. 230· ― τὴν κ. ἐπιτιθέναι, τὴν κορωνίδα ἐπιτιθέναι εἴς τι, Πλούτ. 2. 975Α· πρβλ. [[κολοφών]]· ― κ. κακοῦ, πάθεος, ἡ [[κρίσιμος]] [[κατάστασις]] [[αὐτοῦ]]..., Ἀρετ. π. Αἰτ. Χρον. Παθ. 1. 6, κτλ. 2) τὸ ἔξοχον μεταξὺ πολλῶν, τὸ ἐκλεκτότατον, τὸ ἄριστον πάντων, κορυφαὶ [[πόλεων]] Πινδ. Ν. 1. 22· κ. ἀρετᾶν [[αὐτόθι]] 51, πρβλ. ἐν Ο. 1. 21· κ. ἀέθλων, ἐπὶ τῶν Ὀλυμπιακῶν ἀγώνων, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ο. 2. 25, πρβλ. ἐν Ν. 9. 19· φιάλαν… πάγχρυσον κ. κτεάνων ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Ο. 7.7. 3) ὑψίστη [[δύναμις]], [[ἐξουσία]], κορυφᾷ Διὸς κρανθῆναι Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 91.

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