coryphaeus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔɹəˈfiːəs/, /ˌkɒɹɪˈfiːʌs/ === Noun === coryphaeus (plural coryphaeuses or coryphaei) (Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama. Synonym: coryphée (by extension) The chief or leader of an interest or party. Synonyms: coryphe, coryphée 1986, Ladislav Matejka, I. R. Titunik, Translators' Preface, V. N. Vološinov, Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, page vii, Among those rare exceptions, fortunately, was that coryphaeus of modern thought in the humanities, Professor Roman Jakobson. 1997, Ignaz Goldziher, Wolfgang Behn (editor and translator), The Zāhirīs: Their Doctrine and Their History, page 123, Indeed, when we make a comparative study of the Zāhirite school's known coryphaei of the different periods for their dogmatic point of view, we shall soon find out that the most divergent, diametrically opposed dogmatic branches could be combined as belonging to the Zāhirite fiqh school. The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers. ==== Alternative forms ==== coryphæus corypheus koryphaios ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === coryphaeus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔ.ryˈpʰae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ko.riˈfɛː.us] === Noun === coryphaeus m (genitive coryphaeī); second declension a leader, chief, head ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “coryphaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “coryphaeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers