coryphia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορύφιον (korúphion, “a mollusc”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈry.pʰi.a/, [kɔˈrʏpʰiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈri.fi.a/, [koˈriːfiä]
Noun edit
coryphia n pl (genitive coryphiōrum); second declension
- (plural only) A kind of murex yielding a purple dye
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | coryphia |
| Genitive | coryphiōrum |
| Dative | coryphiīs |
| Accusative | coryphia |
| Ablative | coryphiīs |
| Vocative | coryphia |
References edit
- “coryphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- coryphia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.