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κορυφή

koruphe

top, skull

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. κορυφή · koryphē — Beekes

top, skull

2. κορυφή · koryphē — Chantraine

Eranos 38, 1941, 36-41), χαλκο-κορυστής «8 Casque de bronze », irro- « au casque

3. κορυφή · koryphē — Chantraine

dor

4. κορυφή · koryphē — Chantraine

où χορύφωμα «sommet » (Ath. mech.}, -wots «sommet d

5. κορυφή · koryphē — Frisk

kopfgeboren

6. κορῠφ-ή · koryph-ē — LSJ

head, top, crown, top of the head, peak, summit, straight over the summit, ridge

Attestations

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 804; entry #3409 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan p. 583; entry #4276 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 958-959; entry #3200 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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