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κόρυμβος , ὁ, pl. both κόρυμβοι and heterocl. κόρυμβα (v. infr.), (κόρυς, κορυφή)
A.uppermost point, once in Hom., νηῶν . . ἄκρα κόρυμβα high-pointed sterns of ships, Il.9.241 ( = ἄφλαστα, ἀκροστόλια, Hsch., but the meaning was disputed, Ar.Fr.222); “νεὼς κόρυμβα” A.Pers. 411, cf. E.IA258 (lyr.); “ἀφλάστοιο κόρυμβα” A.R.2.601; “ἄφλαστα καὶ κ.” Lyc.295.
2. the top of a hill, “φεύγοντες ἐπὶ τοῦ ὄρεος τὸν κ.” Hdt. 7.218, cf. D.H.9.23; “ἐπ᾽ ἄκρον κ. ὄχθου” A.Pers.659 (lyr.).
II. = κρωβύλος, κ. τῶν τριχῶν Heraclid.Pont. ap. Ath.12.512c; “ἀσκητὸς ἐϋσπείροισι κορύμβοις” AP6.219 (Antip.), cf. Com.Adesp.1331.
III. cluster of the ivy fruit, κόρυμβα ἀμφὶ κρητὶ κίσσιν᾽ ἔστεπτο prob. in Herod.8.33, cf. Corn.ND30, AP12.8 (Strat.), Plu.2.648f, Him.Or. 13.7: generally, cluster of fruit or flowers, Mosch.3.4, Nonn.D.12.224.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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