κορυφή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (κόρυς) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[head]], [[top]]: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">crown, top of the head</b>, 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 <b class="b3">βρέγμα</b> and <b class="b3">ἰνίον</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>491a34</span>; τὸ ὀστέον τῆς κ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>; κ. Οὐλύμποιο <span class="bibl">Il.1.499</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>270</span>; Αἴτνας 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>; κ. πόληος Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>17.6; ἀστρογείτονας κ. <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[summit]], [[top]], <b class="b3">κατὰ κορυφὴν ἐσβαλεῖν ἐς τὴν κάτω Μακεδονίαν</b> <b class="b2">straight over the summit, ridge</b>, <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 κ. [τῆς στήλης] ἔσφαττον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ταύρους</b>) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>119e</span>; <b class="b3">ἵσταται κατὰ κ. ὁ ἥλιος</b> [[in the zenith]], Plu.2.938a; <b class="b3">τὸ κατὰ κ</b>., with or without <b class="b3">σημεῖον</b>, [[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 κ. λίθων ἐμβολαῖς</b> by the stones falling [[vertically]], <span class="bibl">Plb.8.7.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 κ. 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 angles, <span class="bibl">Euc.1.15</span>; of halves of double cone, Apollon. Perg.<span class="bibl">1</span> <span class="title">Def.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 pl., <b class="b2">finger-tips</b>, <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">λόγων κορυφαί</b> [[the sum]] of all his words, <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 κ. ὧν εἴρηκα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>415a</span>; but <b class="b3">λόγων κ. ὀρθάν</b> true [[sense]] of legends, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.80</span>; <b class="b3">κορυφὰς ἑτέρας ἑτέρῃσι προσάπτων μύθων</b> springing [[from peak to peak]], i.e. treating a subject disconnectedly, <span class="bibl">Emp.24</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ὁ λόγος ἐπιθεὶς ἑαυτῷ</b> having reached its [[conclusion]], put [[the finishing touch]] to itself, Plu.2.975a; <b class="b3">κ. τοῦ κακοῦ</b> [[height]], [[full development]] of... <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.6</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ πάθεος κ. ἴσχοντος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">κ. 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 κ. 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ τῆς οἰκουμένης κ</b>., of Rome, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.19</span>.</span>

|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> [[head born]], prop. of Athena, metaph. (Pythag. in Plu. 2, 381f.), <b class="b3">δι-κόρυφος</b> [[with two summits]] (E., Arist.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κορυφαῖος</b> m. <b class="b2">the firste, head-, choirleader</b> (IA.), second. adj. [[at the head]] (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> [[the head part of a bridle]] (X., Poll.). - <b class="b3">κορυφώδης</b> [[with summits]] (Hp.). - <b class="b3">κορυφάς</b> f. [[edge of the navel]] (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> [[rise up high]] (Il.), [[count together]] (hell.), <b class="b3">-όω</b> [[bring to the top]] (medic.), with <b class="b3">κορύφωμα</b> [[summum]] (Ath. Mech.), <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> [[top of a pyramide]] (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]].