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κορυφή
summit, top (of a mountain); peak /koɾiˈfi/
nounA2#980 most common
Also: peak, top (highest point), vertex (in geometry)
Example sentences
Η κορυφή του βουνού είναι ψηλά.
The top of the mountain is high.
Επιτέλους φτάσαμε στην κορυφή του λόφου.
We finally reached the top of the hill.
Από την κορυφή του βουνού φαίνεται όλη η πόλη.
From the mountain's summit you can see the whole city.
Η ομάδα μας βρίσκεται αυτή τη στιγμή στην κορυφή της βαθμολογίας.
Our team is currently at the top of the standings.
Στην κορυφή της καριέρας του, αποφάσισε ξαφνικά να αποσυρθεί.
At the peak of his career, he suddenly decided to retire.
Η διάσκεψη κορυφής κατέληξε σε μια εύθραυστη συμφωνία που λίγοι θεωρούν βιώσιμη.
The summit conference ended in a fragile agreement that few consider viable.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κορυφή | κορυφές |
| Genitive | κορυφής | κορυφών |
| Accusative | κορυφή | κορυφές |
| Vocative | κορυφή | κορυφές |
Word family
κορυφαῖοςtop-tier, foremost, leading
κορυφώνω / κορυφώνομαιto bring to a head / to culminate, peak
κορυφογραμμήridgeline, crest line
κορφήpeak (colloquial variant)
αποκορύφωμαclimax, culmination
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek κορυφή (koruphḗ) 'top, head, crown, summit', a word closely tied to κόρυς (korus) 'helmet'. Traditional dictionaries (e.g. Frisk) connect this family to the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- 'head, horn, top', though Beekes treats it as possibly Pre-Greek substrate vocabulary. The sense has remained remarkably stable, from the crest of a mountain to figurative 'pinnacle'.
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