κορύφαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (korúphaina) 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 korúphaina	τὼ κορῠφαίνᾱ tṑ koruphaínā	αἱ κορῠ́φαιναι hai korúphainai
Genitive	τῆς κορῠφαίνης tês koruphaínēs	τοῖν κορῠφαίναιν toîn koruphaínain	τῶν κορῠφαινῶν tôn koruphainôn
Dative	τῇ κορῠφαίνῃ têi koruphaínēi	τοῖν κορῠφαίναιν toîn koruphaínain	ταῖς κορῠφαίναις taîs koruphaínais
Accusative	τὴν κορῠ́φαινᾰν tḕn korúphainan	τὼ κορῠφαίνᾱ tṑ koruphaínā	τᾱ̀ς κορῠφαίνᾱς tā̀s koruphaínās
Vocative	κορῠ́φαινᾰ korúphaina	κορῠφαίνᾱ koruphaínā	κορῠ́φαιναι korúphainai
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