κορύπτω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κορυφή
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
koruphē
English translation (word)
head, top
Transliteration (Etymon)
koruptō
English translation (etymon)
to butt with the head
Century
1 BC
Reference
fr. 292
Edition
C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976]
Source
Etym. Magnum
Ref.
Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 531
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Etymologicum Magnum, Oxford, 1848
Quotation
Φιλόξενος δὲ ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰάδος διαλέκτου λέγει, ὅτι παρὰ τὸ κάρη γίνεται καρύπτω καὶ κορύπτω· ἐκ τούτου κορυφή
Translation (En)
Philoxenus, in his On the Ionic dialect, says that from karē "head" is derived *karuptō and koruptō "to butt with the head", and from the latter koruphē "head"
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum AB (idem); Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 339 (Κορυφὴ, τὸ μέσον τῆς κεφαλῆς, ὅτι τῆς κάρας ἔστιν ὀροφή· τινὲς δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ κεκρύφθαι αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τῶν τρίχων, κρύφή τις οὖσα· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ο, κορυφή· ὁ δὲ Φιλόξενος ἐν τῷ περὶ διαλέκτων λέγει, ὅτι παρὰ τὸ κάρη γέγονε καρύπτω καὶ κρύπτω, μεταθέσει τοῦ α εἰς ο· ὡς παρὰ Θεοκρίτῳ· τὸν Λιβυκὸν κνάκωνα φυλάσσεο, μή τυ κορύψῃ· ἐκ τοῦ οὖν κορύπτω γέγονεν ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν κορυφή)
Modern etymology
Derivative of the name of "head", κάρα, with the same u-stem as in κόρυς "helmet" (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has κορυφή as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from a derivative of κάρα. The relationship is correct from the modern point of view, but the direction of the derivation is erroneous: κορύπτω is derived from κορυφή, not the other way round. And both belong with κάρα, as correctly seen by Philoxenus.