κορύφαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.rý.pʰai̯.na/ → /koˈry.ɸɛ.na/ → /koˈri.fe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rý.pʰai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈry.pʰɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.ɸɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈry.fe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈri.fe.na/

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 têi 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

Further reading

• “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