κορυφαῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[head man]], [[chief]], [[leader]], αὐτὸς ἕκαστος βουλόμενος κ. εἶναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.82; <b class="b3">τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοὺς κορυφαῖος</b> ib.159, cf. 6.23, 98, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''173c; <b class="b3">οἱ κορυφαῖοι</b> = [[party]]-[[leader]]s, Plb.28.4.6, cf. Phld.''Sto.Herc.''339.11; in the Drama, [[coryphaeus]], [[leader of the chorus]], ἡγεμὼν τῆς φυλῆς κορυφαῖος D.21.60 codd., cf. Arist.''Pol.''1277a11, Posidon.15J., etc.; <b class="b3">κορυφαῖος ἑστηκώς</b> = [[stand]]ing at the [[head]] of the [[row]], Ar.''Pl.''953.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, [[at the top]], <b class="b3">ὁ κορυφαῖος πῖλος</b> the [[apex]] of the [[Roman]] [[flamen]], Plu.''Marc.''5; <b class="b3">τὰ κορυφαῖα τῆς νίκης</b> the [[crown]]ing [[fruit]]s of [[victory]] Hdn.8.3.5; κορυφαῖον τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων Id.7.5.2; <b class="b3">τοῦ λαμπροῦ κορυφαῖον</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[αἴτιον]]) Phld.''Po.''2.41.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[epithet]] of [[Zeus]], ''CIG''4458.4 ([[Seleucia]] in Pieria); of the [[Roman]] [[Jupiter Capitolinus]], Paus.2.4.5: Sup. [[κορυφαιότατος]] in later Gr., κ. ἀρχαί ''CIG''3885 (Eumeneia), cf. Plu.2.1115b, Luc.''Sol.''5, ''Hist.Conscr.''34.