κορυφή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[κόρυς]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[head]], [[top]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[crown]], [[top of the head]], of a horse, Il.8.83, X.''Eq.''1.11; of a man or god, ''h.Ap.''309, Pi.''O.''7.36, Hdt.4.187, ''Sammelb.''6003.8 (iv A. D.): between [[βρέγμα]] and [[ἰνίον]], Arist.''HA''491a34; τὸ ὀστέον τῆς κορυφῆς Hp.''VC''2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[top]], [[peak]] of a mountain (so mostly Hom.), [[οὔρεος]] ἐν κορυφῇς Il.2.456; ὄρεος κορυφῇσι 3.10, cf. Alcm.60.1; κορυφαὶ γαίας B.5.24; κορυφὴ Οὐλύμποιο Il.1.499, cf. Ar.''Nu.''270; Αἴτνας [[μελάμφυλλος|μελάμφυλλοι]] κορυφαί Pi.''P.''1.27; τηλαυγέ' ἀγ κορυφάν Id.''Pae.''7.12; κορυφὴ πόληος Alc.''Supp.''17.6; [[ἀστρογείτονες|ἀστρογείτονας]] κορυφή A.''Pr.''722, cf. Hdt.4.49, 181, 9.99.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[summit]], [[top]], <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφὴν ἐσβαλεῖν ἐς τὴν κάτω Μακεδονίαν</b> [[straight over the summit]], [[ridge]], Th.2.99, cf. ''IG''42(1).71.11 (Epid., iv B. C.), ''OGI''383.125 (Nemrud Dagh, i B. C.); <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφὴν [τῆς στήλης] ἔσφαττον</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ταύρους]]) Pl.''Criti.''119e; <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]], Gem.5.64, etc., cf. Plu.''Mar.''11, Procl.''Hyp.''4.59; <b class="b3">ταῖς τῶν κατὰ κορυφὴν λίθων ἐμβολαῖς</b> by the stones falling [[vertically]], Plb.8.7.3.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[apex]], [[vertex]] of a [[triangle]], Id.2.14.8; of the Delta, Pl.''Ti.''21e; [[point]] of an [[angle]], τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν [[μέρος]] Plb.1.26.16, etc.; [[apex]] of a [[cone]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''362b3; <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφήν</b> [[vertically]] [[opposite]], of [[angle]]s, Euc.1.15; of halves of double cone, Apollon. Perg.''1'' ''Def.''<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[extremity]], [[tip]], <b class="b3">κορυφαὶ [κλημάτων], τῶν συγκυπτῶν</b>, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 3.14.8, Ath.Mech.22.8; in Anatomy, the [[os coccygis]], Poll. 2.183: in plural, [[fingertip]]s, Ruf.''Onom.''85, cf. Poll.2.146: Medic., of an [[abscess]], <b class="b3">ἐς κορυφὴν ἀνισταμένης ἀποστάσιος</b> coming to a [[head]], Aret. ''SA''1.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">λόγων κορυφαί</b> the [[sum]] of all his [[word]]s, Pi.''O.''7.69, cf. ''Pae.''8.23; ἔρχομαι ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν ὧν εἴρηκα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''415a; but <b class="b3">λόγων κορυφὰν ὀρθάν</b> [[true]] [[sense]] of [[legend]]s, Pi.''P.''3.80; <b class="b3">κορυφὰς ἑτέρας ἑτέρῃσι προσάπτων μύθων</b> [[spring]]ing [[from peak to peak]], i.e. [[treat]]ing a [[subject]] [[disconnectedly]], Emp.24; <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... Aret.''SD''1.6; <b class="b3">τοῦ πάθεος κορυφὴν ἴσχοντος</b> ib.1.16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[height]], [[excellence]] of... i.e. the [[choicest]], [[best]], κορυφαὶ πολίων Pi.''N.''1.15; <b class="b3">κ. ἀρετᾶν</b> ib.34, cf. ''O.''1.13; <b class="b3">κορυφὴ ἀέθλων</b>, of the [[Olympic games]], Id.''O.''2.13, cf. ''N.''9.9; φιάλαν… πάγχρυσον κορυφὴν κτεάνων Id.''O.''7.4; <b class="b3">ὁ καιρὸς παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν</b> is the [[best]] of [[all]], Id.''P.''9.79.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κορυφᾷ Διὸς εἰ κρανθῇ πρᾶγμα</b> his [[head]], i.e. his [[nod]], A. ''Supp.''92.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς οἰκουμένης κορυφή</b>, of [[Rome]], Lib.''Or.''59.19.