κορῠφ-αῖος,ὁ,
A. head man, chief, leader, αὐτὸς ἕκαστος βουλόμενος κ. εἶναι
Hdt. 3.82
;τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοὺς κ.ib. 159 , cf. 6.23 , 98 , Pl. Tht. 173c ;οἱ κ. party-leaders, Plb. 28.4.6 , cf. Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.11 ; in the Drama,leader of the chorus, ἡγεμὼν τῆς φυλῆς κ.
D. 21.60
codd., cf. Arist. Pol. 1277a11 , Posidon. 15J. , etc.;κ. ἑστηκώςstandingat the head of the row, Ar. Pl. 953 .
II. asAdj.,at the top,ὁ κ. πῖλος the apexof the Romanflamen, Plu. Marc. 5 ;τὰ κ. τῆς νίκηςthecrowning fruitsof . . , Hdn. 8.3.5 ; κ. τέλος τῶν πραγμάτων
Id. 7.5.2
;τοῦ λαμπροῦ -αῖον(sc.αἴτιον) Phld. Po. 2.41 .
2. epith. of Zeus, CIG 4458.4 (Seleucia in Pieria); of the RomanJupiter Capitolinus, Paus. 2.4.5 : Sup.
κορυφαιότατοςin later Gr., κ. ἀρχαί
CIG 3885
(Eumeneia), cf. Plu. 2.1115b , Luc. Sol. 5 , Hist.Conscr. 34 .