Usage: 6 forms in 42 verses

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κορυφή (koruphē) head G:N-F

κορυφή-, ,

(κόρυς) head, top: hence,

__1 crown, top of the head, of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a man or god, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 top, peak of a mountain (so mostly [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 generally, summit, top, κατὰ κορυφὴν ἐσβαλεῖν ἐς τὴν κάτω Μακεδονίαν straight over the summit, ridge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ κ. [τῆς στήλης] ἔσφαττον (i.e. ταύρους) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἵσταται κατὰ κ. ἥλιος in the zenith, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ κατὰ κ., with or without σημεῖον, the zenith, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ταῖς τῶν κατὰ κ. λίθων ἐμβολαῖς by the stones falling vertically, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__4 apex, vertex of a triangle, [Refs]; of the Delta, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; point of an angle, τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν κ. μέρος [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; apex of a cone, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ κορυφήν vertically opposite, of angles, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of halves of double cone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 extremity, tip, κορυφαὶ [κλημάτων], τῶν συγκυπτῶν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in Anatomy, the os coccygis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in plural, finger-tips, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] coming to a head, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, λόγων κορυφαί the sum of all his words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but λόγων κ. ὀρθάν true sense of legends, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κορυφὰς ἑτέρας ἑτέρῃσι προσάπτων μύθων springing from peak to peak, i.e. treating a subject disconnectedly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. λόγος ἐπιθεὶς ἑαυτῷ having reached its conclusion, put the finishing touch to itself, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κ. τοῦ κακοῦ height, full development of.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 height, excellence of.., i.e. the choicest, best, κορυφαὶ πολίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἀρετᾶν[Refs]; κ. ἀέθλων, of the Olympic games, [Refs]; καιρὸς παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν is the best of all, [Refs]
__II.3 κορυφᾷ Διὸς εἰ κρανθῇ πρᾶγμα his head, i.e. his nod, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 τῆς οἰκουμένης κ., of Rome, [Refs 4th c.AD+]