Coryphasium
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Κορυφάσιον (Koruphásion).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.ryˈpʰa.si.um/, [kɔrʏˈpʰäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.riˈfa.si.um/, [koriˈfäːs̬ium]
Proper noun
editCoryphasium n sg (genitive Coryphasiī or Coryphasī); second declension
- A promontory in ancient Messenia, modern Greece, which forms the entrance to the bay of Pylus
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Coryphasium |
| Genitive | Coryphasiī Coryphasī1 |
| Dative | Coryphasiō |
| Accusative | Coryphasium |
| Ablative | Coryphasiō |
| Vocative | Coryphasium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “Coryphasium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Coryphasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.