κορύφαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κορῠ́φαινᾰ • (korŭ́phaină) f (genitive κορῠφαίνης); first declension

  1. dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)
    Synonym: ἵππουρος (híppouros)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κορῠ́φαινᾰ; τῆς κορῠφαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κορῠ́φαινᾰ
hē korŭ́phaină 		τὼ κορῠφαίνᾱ
tṑ korŭphaínā 		αἱ κορῠ́φαιναι
hai korŭ́phainai
Genitive τῆς κορῠφαίνης
tês korŭphaínēs 		τοῖν κορῠφαίναιν
toîn korŭphaínain 		τῶν κορῠφαινῶν
tôn korŭphainôn
Dative τῇ κορῠφαίνῃ
tēî korŭphaínēi 		τοῖν κορῠφαίναιν
toîn korŭphaínain 		ταῖς κορῠφαίναις
taîs korŭphaínais
Accusative τὴν κορῠ́φαινᾰν
tḕn korŭ́phainăn 		τὼ κορῠφαίνᾱ
tṑ korŭphaínā 		τᾱ̀ς κορῠφαίνᾱς
tā̀s korŭphaínās
Vocative κορῠ́φαινᾰ
korŭ́phaină 		κορῠφαίνᾱ
korŭphaínā 		κορῠ́φαιναι
korŭ́phainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Italian: corifena
  • → Translingual: Coryphaena

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