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κορυφαῖος

κορυφαῖος, the head man, chief man, leader; (adj) chief, principal

κορῠφ-αῖος, ὁ,
  • head man, chief, leader, αὐτὸς ἕκαστος βουλόμενος κ. εἶναι Hdt. 3.82; τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοὺς κ. ib. 159, cf. 6.23, 98, Pl. Tht. 173c; οἱ κ. party-leaders, Plb. 28.4.6, cf. Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.11; in the Drama, leader of the chorus, ἡγεμὼν τῆς φυλῆς κ. D. 21.60 codd., cf. Arist. Pol. 1277a11, Posidon. 15J., etc.; κ. ἑστηκώς standing at the head of the row, Ar. Pl. 953.
    • II as Adj., at the top, ὁ κ. πῖλος the apex of the Roman flamen, Plu. Marc. 5; τὰ κ. τῆς νίκης the crowning fruits of . ., Hdn. 8.3.5; κ. τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων Id. 7.5.2; τοῦ λαμπροῦ -αῖον (sc. αἴτιον) Phld. Po. 2.41.
      • 2 epith. of Zeus, CIG 4458.4 (Seleucia in Pieria); of the Roman Jupiter Capitolinus, Paus. 2.4.5: Sup. κορυφαιότατος in later Gr., κ. ἀρχαί CIG 3885 (Eumeneia), cf. Plu. Col. 2.1115b, Luc. Sol. 5, Hist.Conscr. 34.

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