coryphia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορύφιον (korúphion, “a mollusc”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈry.pʰi.a/, [kɔˈrʏpʰiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈri.fi.a/, [koˈriːfiä]

Noun

coryphia n pl (genitive coryphiōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) A kind of murex yielding a purple dye

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	coryphia
Genitive	coryphiōrum
Dative	coryphiīs
Accusative	coryphia
Ablative	coryphiīs
Vocative	coryphia

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.