κορώνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

𐠍𐠦𐠚 (ko-ro-ne) — Cypriot

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱor-u- (“crow, raven”), apparently of imitative origin and with similar formations across multiple Indo-European branches; see Latin cornīx (“crow”) for more.^[1]

The senses referring to curved objects have been separated by linguists in the past from the "crow" sense, though it is likely that they are from the same etymological origin, with semantic extension "shaped like a crow's beak or claws" > "curved object".^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rɔ̌ː.nɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koˈro.ne̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koˈro.ni/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koˈro.ni/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koˈro.ni/

Noun

κορώνη • (korṓnē) f (genitive κορώνης); first declension

a type of seabird, perhaps a shearwater
crow
anything curved, especially a door handle
the tip of a bow, on which the string is hooked
the curved stern of a ship, especially its crown (ornamental top)
the tip of a plow-beam, upon which the yoke was attached
coronoid process of the ulna, apophysis (the part of a bone where the tendon is attached)
end, tip, point
nightingale
a type of crown
culmination of something, especially of a festival

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κορώνη; τῆς κορώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορώνη hē korṓnē	τὼ κορώνᾱ tṑ korṓnā	αἱ κορῶναι hai korônai
Genitive	τῆς κορώνης tês korṓnēs	τοῖν κορώναιν toîn korṓnain	τῶν κορωνῶν tôn korōnôn
Dative	τῇ κορώνῃ tēî korṓnēi	τοῖν κορώναιν toîn korṓnain	ταῖς κορώναις taîs korṓnais
Accusative	τὴν κορώνην tḕn korṓnēn	τὼ κορώνᾱ tṑ korṓnā	τᾱ̀ς κορώνᾱς tā̀s korṓnās
Vocative	κορώνη korṓnē	κορώνᾱ korṓnā	κορῶναι korônai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κορώνεως (korṓneōs)
κορωνιάω (korōniáō)
κορωνιδεύς (korōnideús)
κορωνίζω (korōnízō)
κορώνιον (korṓnion)
κορώνιος (korṓnios)
κορωνίς (korōnís)
κορωνίσματα (korōnísmata)
κορωνισταί (korōnistaí)
κορωνόν (korōnón)
κορωνός (korōnós)
Κόρωνος (Kórōnos)

Descendants

Greek: κουρούνα (kouroúna)
→ Greek: κορώνα (koróna)
→ Latin: corōna (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κορώνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 758-9

“κορώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κορώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κορώνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κορώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κορώνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crow idem, page 186.
κορώνη, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[EDG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κορώνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 758-9

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