"coryphaeus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɔɹəˈfiːəs/, /ˌkɒɹɪˈfiːʌs/ Forms: coryphaeuses [plural], coryphaei [plural]
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 (-ios, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|coryphaeus}} Latin coryphaeus, {{der|en|grc|κορυφαῖος|t=leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama}} Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), {{m|grc|κορυφή|t=top of the head, crown}} κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-|t=head, top; horn}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”), {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{m|grc|-ῐος|pos=suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’}} -ῐος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|coryphaei}} coryphaeus (plural coryphaeuses or coryphaei)
  1. (Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Greece, Drama Synonyms: coryphée Translations (conductor of the dramatic chorus): coryfee [masculine] (Dutch), korifeo (Esperanto), Koryphäe [masculine] (German), koryfeusz [masculine] (Polish), koryfej [masculine] (Polish), corifeu [masculine] (Portuguese), дирижёр (dirižór) [masculine] (Russian), корифеј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), korifej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-coryphaeus-en-noun-DFbEl5Yj Topics: broadcasting, drama, dramaturgy, entertainment, film, lifestyle, media, television, theater Disambiguation of 'conductor of the dramatic chorus': 61 4 35
  2. (by extension) The chief or leader of an interest or party. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): People Synonyms: coryphe, coryphée Translations (chief or leader of an interest or party): korifeo (Esperanto), Koryphäe [masculine] (German), corifeu [masculine] (Portuguese), корифе́й (koriféj) [masculine] (Russian), корифеј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), korifej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-coryphaeus-en-noun-TcR1LXUd Disambiguation of People: 0 73 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 59 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 59 14 Disambiguation of 'chief or leader of an interest or party': 7 88 5
  3. The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.
    Sense id: en-coryphaeus-en-noun-0BFzk7Vp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coryphæus, corypheus, koryphaios

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ko.ryˈpʰae̯.us/ [Classical], [kɔrʏˈpʰäe̯ʊs̠] [Classical], /ko.riˈfe.us/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [koriˈfɛːus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|κορυφαῖος}} Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos) Head templates: {{la-noun|coryphaeus<2>|g=m}} coryphaeus m (genitive coryphaeī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|coryphaeus<2>}} Forms: coryphaeī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], coryphaeus [nominative, singular], coryphaeī [nominative, plural], coryphaeī [genitive, singular], coryphaeōrum [genitive, plural], coryphaeō [dative, singular], coryphaeīs [dative, plural], coryphaeum [accusative, singular], coryphaeōs [accusative, plural], coryphaeō [ablative, singular], coryphaeīs [ablative, plural], coryphaee [singular, vocative], coryphaeī [plural, vocative]
  1. a leader, chief, head Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-coryphaeus-la-noun-0Fgu0KtL Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1986, Ladislav Matejka, I. R. Titunik, Translators' Preface, V. N. Vološinov, Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, page vii,\nAmong those rare exceptions, fortunately, was that coryphaeus of modern thought in the humanities, Professor Roman Jakobson."
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          "text": "1997, Ignaz Goldziher, Wolfgang Behn (editor and translator), The Zāhirīs: Their Doctrine and Their History, page 123,\nIndeed, 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."
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          "ref": "2023 July 30, Max Levchin, “Shamir Secret Sharing”, in Too Long to Tweet (blog), archived from the original on 2024-03-27",
          "text": "My dad was a highly active member of Zoryaniy Shlyah—Kyiv’s possibly first (and possibly only, at the time) sci-fi fan club—the name means \"Star Trek\" in Ukrainian, unsurprisingly. He translated some Stansilaw Lem (of Solaris and Futurological Congress fame) from Polish to Russian in the early 80s and was generally considered a coryphaeus at ZSh.",
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          "text": "Then the coryphæus finishes the remaining part of the strophe. But when they have returned to order, Bacchus again interposes by beginning the antistrophe β', which the coryphæus ought to have done.",
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          "ref": "1975, Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, “Festival, Comedy and Tragedy: The Greek Origins of Theatre”, in Christopher Holme, transl., [1972, Festia, Comedia y Tragedia], page 250",
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        },
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        },
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          "text": "1986, Ladislav Matejka, I. R. Titunik, Translators' Preface, V. N. Vološinov, Marxism and the Philosophy of Language, page vii,\nAmong those rare exceptions, fortunately, was that coryphaeus of modern thought in the humanities, Professor Roman Jakobson."
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          "text": "1997, Ignaz Goldziher, Wolfgang Behn (editor and translator), The Zāhirīs: Their Doctrine and Their History, page 123,\nIndeed, 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."
        },
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          "ref": "2023 July 30, Max Levchin, “Shamir Secret Sharing”, in Too Long to Tweet (blog), archived from the original on 2024-03-27",
          "text": "My dad was a highly active member of Zoryaniy Shlyah—Kyiv’s possibly first (and possibly only, at the time) sci-fi fan club—the name means \"Star Trek\" in Ukrainian, unsurprisingly. He translated some Stansilaw Lem (of Solaris and Futurological Congress fame) from Polish to Russian in the early 80s and was generally considered a coryphaeus at ZSh.",
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    }
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "conductor of the dramatic chorus",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      ],
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "koryfej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "conductor of the dramatic chorus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corifeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "dirižór",
      "sense": "conductor of the dramatic chorus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дирижёр"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "conductor of the dramatic chorus",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "korifej"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "корифе́й"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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    }
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}

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            "2": "coryphée",
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        {
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            "2": "Koryphäe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "corifeo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: corifeo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "koryfeusz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "corifeo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "corifeo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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}

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