coryphaeus

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama. historical
    — 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.
  2. The chief or leader of an interest or party. broadly
    — Of the work which I have done, it becomes me not here to speak, save only as relates to the Satanic School, and its Coryphæus, the author of Don Juan.
  3. The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers.

词形变化

coryphaeuses plural coryphaei plural coryphæus alternative corypheus alternative koryphaios alternative

词源

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 (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’).
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