κορωνίς

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 March 2015

Etymology

From κορωνός (korōnós, curved) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κορωνῐ́ς (korōnís) f (genitive κορωνῐ́δος); third declension

  1. something crook-beaked or curved
    1. a cow with crumpled horns
  2. anything curved or bent
    1. a wreath or garland
    2. a curved line or stroke, flourish
      1. (figuratively) end, completion
      2. the mark of crasis or apostrophe, i.e. a breathing mark in the middle of a word, which only appears in words formed by crasis, such as in ταὐτός (tautós)

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