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Webster 1913 Edition

Corona

Co-ro′na

(k?-r?′n?)
,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Coronæ
(-n[GREEK]), E.
Coronas
(-n[GREEK]z)
.
[L.
corona
crown. See
Crown
.]
1.
A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
2.
(Arch.)
The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of
Column
.
3.
(Anat.)
The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.
4.
(Zool.)
The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.
5.
(Astronomy)
A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.
6.
(Bot.)
(a)
An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.
(b)
Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.
7.
(Meteorol.)
(a)
A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon.
(b)
A peculiar phase of the
aurora borealis
, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.
8.
A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also
corona lucis
.
Fairholt.
9.
(Mus.)
A character [𝄐] called the
pause
or
hold
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Corona

CORONA

,
Noun.
[L., A crown.]
1.
In architecture, a large flat member of a cornice, crowning the entablature, and the whole order; called by workmen the drip.
2.
In anatomy, the upper surface of the molar teeth or grinders.
3.
In botany, the circumference or margin of a radiated compound flower. Also, the appendage to the top of seeds, which enables them to disperse.
4.
In optics, a halo or luminous circle around the sun, moon or stars.

Definition 2024

Corona

Corona

See also: corona, coroná, and coronà

English

Proper noun

Corona

  1. A city in California, US.
  2. A village in New Mexico, US.
  3. A town in South Dakota, US.

German

Noun

Corona f ‎(genitive Corona, plural Coronen)

  1. Obsolete spelling of Korona which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.

corona

corona

See also: Corona, coroná, and coronà

English

Noun

corona ‎(plural coronas or coronae or coronæ)

  1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
  2. (astronomy) The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,
  3. (biology) Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
  4. (electricity) corona discharge
  5. (anatomy) The circumference of the base of the glans **** in human males.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin corōna.

Noun

corona f ‎(plural corones)

  1. crown (decorative headgear)

Etymology 2

see the verb coronar.

Verb

corona

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of coronar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of coronar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin corōna.

Noun

corona f ‎(plural corone)

  1. crown (of a king, pope etc) (also of a tooth)
  2. crown (various units of currency)
  3. coronet
  4. wreath
  5. corona (of a star etc)

Derived terms

Verb

corona

  1. third-person singular present indicative of coronare
  2. second-person singular imperative of coronare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κορώνη ‎(korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈroː.na/, [kɔˈroː.na]

Noun

corōna f ‎(genitive corōnae); first declension

  1. garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 3.1.16
      sed quid ego video? Menaechmus cum corona exit foras
      But why do I see Menaechmus here? He's coming out of doors with a chaplet on?
  2. crown
    • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 5.5.38
      at ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio
      And I know that you stole the sacred crown of Jupiter.

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative corōna corōnae
genitive corōnae corōnārum
dative corōnae corōnīs
accusative corōnam corōnās
ablative corōnā corōnīs
vocative corōna corōnae

Related terms

Descendants

References

  • corona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • corona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • CORONA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “corona”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    • to sell a prisoner of war as a slave: aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)
    • the free men are sold as slaves: libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
  • corona in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • corona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • corona in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin corōna.

Noun

corona f ‎(oblique plural coronas, nominative singular corona, nominative plural coronas)

  1. crown

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin corōna ‎(“crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη ‎(korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f ‎(plural coronas)

  1. crown
  2. (heraldry) crown
  3. crown (various units of currency)
  4. (of a star) corona

Verb

corona

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of coronar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of coronar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of coronar.

Etymology

From Latin corōna ‎(“garland, crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη ‎(korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

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