coryphia

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορύφιον (korúphion, “a mollusc”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔˈry.pʰi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈriː.fi.a] === Noun === coryphia n pl (genitive coryphiōrum); second declension (plural only) A kind of murex yielding a purple dye ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. === References === “coryphia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “coryphia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.