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Coronis

Co-ro′nis

(k?-r?′n?s)
,
Noun.
[Gr.
κορωνίσ
anything curved. See
Cornice
.]
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)

  1. A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: , ۞.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 ‖coronis” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams


Catalan

Verb

coronis

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of coronar

French

Noun

coronis m (plural coronis)

  1. tree grayling (butterfly Hipparchia statilinus)

Noun

coronis f (plural coronis)

  1. coronis (diacritic)

Synonyms


Friulian

Noun

coronis

  1. plural of corone

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

  1. coronis, colophon
  2. The end of a book or chapter.
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

Noun

corōnīs

  1. dative plural of corōna
  2. ablative plural of corōna

References