κορυφή: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=κορῠφή, ἡ, [[κόρυς]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[head]], top, [[highest]] [[point]]; [[hence]],<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[crown]] or top of the [[head]], Il., Hdt., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the top or [[peak]] of a [[mountain]], Il., Hdt., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> metaph. the [[highest]] [[point]], Lat. [[summa]], παντὸς [[ἔχει]] κορυφάν is the [[best]] of all, Pind.; κορυφὰ λόγων προτέρων the sum and [[substance]] of [[ancient]] legends, Pind.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[height]] or [[excellence]] of a [[thing]], i. e. the choicest, noblest, [[best]], Pind.