κορωνίς

κορων-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, acc. -

A

νίν Hes.Fr.123.3

(as pr.n.):— crook-beaked: hence, generally, curved, in Hom. always of ships,

παρὰ νηυσὶ κορωνίσι Il.18.338

, al.; twice in Od.,

ἐν νήεσι κ. 19.182

, cf.193.

2 of kine, with crumpled horns, Theoc.25.151.

II as Subst., anything curved or bent:

1 wreath, garland, Stesich.29, Hsch.

2 curved line or stroke, flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, scene of a play, etc., AP11.41 (Phld.), Heph.Poëm. p.73 C., Isid.Etym.1.21.26, Sch.Ar.Nu.510, al.;

ἐγὼ κ. εἰμι γραμμάτων φύλαξ PLit.Lond.11

;

ἐπιτιθέναι τὴν κ. τῷ συγγράμματι Plu.2.66e

; ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς μέχρι τῆς κ. ib.334c, etc.

b metaph., end, completion,

ἐπιθεῖναι κορωνίδα τινί Luc.Hist.Conscr.26

, cf. Gal.1.643;

ἡ κ. τοῦ βίου Plu.2.789a

;

ἡ κ. τῶν ἀγαθῶν Hld.10.39

, etc.

3 mark of crasis ('), as in τοὔνομα, θοἰμάτιον, τοὐμόν, etc., An.Ox.1.372, Sch. D.T.p.147 H., EM763.10 (found in parchments of Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 31.20 (ii A. D.), Sapph.Supp.2.4 (vii A. D.), etc.).