κορύφαινα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) + -αινᾰ (-aina).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ko.rý.pʰai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koˈry.pʰɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koˈry.ɸɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koˈry.fe.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koˈri.fe.na/
Noun edit
κορῠ́φαινᾰ • (korúphaina) f (genitive κορῠφαίνης); first declension
- dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)
- Synonym: ἵππουρος (híppouros)
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κορῠ́φαινᾰ hē korúphaina |
τὼ κορῠφαίνᾱ tṑ koruphaínā |
αἱ κορῠ́φαιναι hai korúphainai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κορῠφαίνης tês koruphaínēs |
τοῖν κορῠφαίναιν toîn koruphaínain |
τῶν κορῠφαινῶν tôn koruphainôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κορῠφαίνῃ têi koruphaínēi |
τοῖν κορῠφαίναιν toîn koruphaínain |
ταῖς κορῠφαίναις taîs koruphaínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κορῠ́φαινᾰν tḕn korúphainan |
τὼ κορῠφαίνᾱ tṑ koruphaínā |
τᾱ̀ς κορῠφαίνᾱς tā̀s koruphaínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κορῠ́φαινᾰ korúphaina |
κορῠφαίνᾱ koruphaínā |
κορῠ́φαιναι korúphainai | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Italian: corifena
- → Translingual: Coryphaena
Further reading edit
- “κορύφαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κορύφαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette