κορυφαῖος

See also: κορυφαίος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κορυφή (koruphḗ) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κορῠφαῖος • (korŭphaîos) m (genitive κορῠφαίου); second declension

  1. head man, chief, leader
  2. (theater) coryphaeus (conductor of the dramatic chorus)
  3. (attributive) at the top

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κορῠφαῖος; τοῦ κορῠφαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κορῠφαῖος
ho korŭphaîos 		τὼ κορῠφαίω
tṑ korŭphaíō 		οἱ κορῠφαῖοι
hoi korŭphaîoi
Genitive τοῦ κορῠφαίου
toû korŭphaíou 		τοῖν κορῠφαίοιν
toîn korŭphaíoin 		τῶν κορῠφαίων
tôn korŭphaíōn
Dative τῷ κορῠφαίῳ
tōî korŭphaíōi 		τοῖν κορῠφαίοιν
toîn korŭphaíoin 		τοῖς κορῠφαίοις
toîs korŭphaíois
Accusative τὸν κορῠφαῖον
tòn korŭphaîon 		τὼ κορῠφαίω
tṑ korŭphaíō 		τοὺς κορῠφαίους
toùs korŭphaíous
Vocative κορῠφαῖε
korŭphaîe 		κορῠφαίω
korŭphaíō 		κορῠφαῖοι
korŭphaîoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Greek: κορυφαίος (koryfaíos) (learned)
  • Latin: coryphaeus (see there for further descendants)

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