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Coronis
1.
In Greek grammar, a sign [’] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable.
W. W. Goodwin.
2.
The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.
[R.]
Bp. Hacket.
Definition 2024
coronis
coronis
English
Noun
coronis (plural coronides)
- A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
- (figuratively, obsolete, rare)[1] A thing’s conclusion; its end.[1]
- 1592–1670: Bishop John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offer’d to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D., Archbishop of York, volume 2, page 38
- The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended.
- 1592–1670: Bishop John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offer’d to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D., Archbishop of York, volume 2, page 38
- (Ancient Greek grammar)[1] A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.
Usage notes
- Generally, the Ancient Greek breathings are only written atop initial letters (the consonant rho, initial vowels, and the second vowels of word-initial diphthongs). The coronis is one of only two exceptions to this rule; the other is the case of the double-rho, which is written as ῤῥ.
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French
Noun
coronis m (plural coronis)
- tree grayling (butterfly Hipparchia statilinus)
Noun
coronis f (plural coronis)
- coronis (diacritic)
Synonyms
- (butterfly): faune
Latin
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈroː.nis/, [kɔˈroː.nɪs]
Noun
corōnis f (genitive corōnidis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | corōnis | corōnidēs |
genitive | corōnidis | corōnidum |
dative | corōnidī | corōnidibus |
accusative | corōnidem | corōnidēs |
ablative | corōnide | corōnidibus |
vocative | corōnis | corōnidēs |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inflected form of corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koˈroː.niːs/
Noun
corōnīs
References
- coronis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coronis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- coronis in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- coronis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coronis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- coronis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin