κορύφαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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

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