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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[crow]], also [[shearwater]], <b class="b2">Corvus corone, cornix, frugilegus, Puffinus yelkuan</b> (Od.);<br />Compounds: rarely in compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κορωνο-βόλος</b> <b class="b2">shooting crows</b>, <b class="b3">τρι-κόρωνος</b> <b class="b2">have three times the age of a crow</b> (AP). - Often metaph. of all kinds of curved or hook-formed objects (cf. below): <b class="b2">tip of a bow</b> (Il.), <b class="b2">grip of a door</b> (Od., Poll.), <b class="b2">tip of the plough-pole</b> (A. R.), <b class="b2">back of a ship</b> (Arat.), <b class="b2">pathological tumour of the elbow etc.</b> (Hp.), <b class="b2">kind of crown</b> (Sophr. 163, H.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κορωνιδεύς</b> m. <b class="b2">young crow</b> (Cratin. 179; Boßhardt Die Nom. auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 46); <b class="b3">κορώνεως</b> f. <b class="b2">tree with raven-black figs</b> (Ar. Pax 628; cf. on <b class="b3">ἐρινεώς</b> s. <b class="b3">ἐρινεός</b>). - <b class="b3">κορωνίς</b> f. <b class="b2">curbed, with tail</b>, of ships (Hom.), of cattle (Theoc.), as subst. [[crown]] (Stesich.), <b class="b2">curved line, ornament</b> at the end of a book etc., as orthographic sign, metaph. [[end]] (hell.); also m. <b class="b3">κορωνός</b> <b class="b2">curbed etc.</b> (Archil., Hp., EM), also PN <b class="b3">Κόρωνος</b> (Β 746; Sommer Nominalkomp. 122), n. <b class="b3">κορωνόν</b> <b class="b2">knob of bone(s)</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ κόρωνα</b> [[elbow]] (medic.); <b class="b3">κορώνιος μηνοειδῆ ἔχων κέρατα βοῦς</b> H., also monthsname (Knossos), <b class="b3">κορώνιον</b> n. <b class="b2">Krähenkraut(=?)</b> (Ps.-Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 42); <b class="b3">κορωνίης</b> m. <b class="b2">who proudly bows his neck</b> (<b class="b3">ἵππος</b>; Semon.) with <b class="b3">κορωνιάω</b> <b class="b2">id., be proud</b> (hell.), also <b class="b2">curb oneself</b> (<b class="b3">κορωνιόωντα πέτηλα</b> Hes. Sc. 289; metr. conditioned). - Denomin. verb <b class="b3">κορωνίζω</b> [[end]], [[finish]] (of <b class="b3">κορωνίς</b>; Pontos); also of <b class="b3">κορώνη</b> as basis of <b class="b3">κορωνισταί</b> pl. "crow-singer", <b class="b3">κορωνίσματα</b> pl. "crow-songs", i. e. <b class="b2">begging singer</b>, <b class="b2">-songs</b> (Ath.). - See on <b class="b3">κορώνη</b> Thompson Birds s. v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [567] <b class="b2">*ker-\/kor-v\/n-</b> [[crow]]<br />Etymology: The Italic words for [[crow]], Lat. <b class="b2">corn-īx</b>, Umbr. <b class="b2">curn-aco</b> [[cornicem]], make also for <b class="b3">κορών-η</b> an old <b class="b2">n-</b>stem <b class="b2">*koron-</b>, <b class="b2">*korn-</b> probable (also in <b class="b3">κόραξ</b> and <b class="b3">κόραφος</b>? (diff. Brugmann Grundr.2 2 : 1, 280; s. also Schwyzer 491); an u-stem alternating with this <b class="b2">n-</b>stem is seen in Lat. [[corvus]], MIr. [[crū]] [[raven]]. The words are all based on an onomatop. (diff. Specht Ursprung 118: orig. colour word). - Generally <b class="b3">κορώνη</b> is as name for curbed abjects beside <b class="b3">κορωνίς</b>, <b class="b3">κορωνός</b> separated from <b class="b3">κορώνη</b> [[crow]] and connected with <b class="b3">κυρτός</b> (s. v.). Against a separation in two diff. words speaks the remarkable formation of the Greek word. The metaphorical use of <b class="b3">κορώνη</b> [[crow]] has nothing remarkable (<b class="b3">κόραξ</b>, Lat. [[corvus]], Fr. [[corbeau]], NEngl. [[crow]], Swed. <b class="b2">kråka</b> etc.). Both the beak and the feet of the bird may have caused the metaphors. - From here Lat. [[corōna]], [[corōnis]] with westeuropean derivv. - Cf. on [[κόραξ]].

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