κορώνη: Difference between revisions

|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> [[shooting crows]], <b class="b3">τρι-κόρωνος</b> [[have three times the age of a crow]] (AP). - Often metaph. of all kinds of curved or hook-formed objects (cf. below): [[tip of a bow]] (Il.), [[grip of a door]] (Od., Poll.), <b class="b2">tip of the plough-pole</b> (A. R.), [[back of a ship]] (Arat.), <b class="b2">pathological tumour of the elbow etc.</b> (Hp.), [[kind of crown]] (Sophr. 163, H.).<br />Derivatives: [[κορωνιδεύς]] m. [[young crow]] (Cratin. 179; Boßhardt Die Nom. auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 46); [[κορώνεως]] f. <b class="b2">tree with raven-black figs</b> (Ar. Pax 628; cf. on [[ἐρινεώς]] s. [[ἐρινεός]]). - [[κορωνίς]] f. [[curbed]], [[with tail]], of ships (Hom.), of cattle (Theoc.), as subst. [[crown]] (Stesich.), [[curved line]], [[ornament]] at the end of a book etc., as orthographic sign, metaph. [[end]] (hell.); also m. [[κορωνός]] <b class="b2">curbed etc.</b> (Archil., Hp., EM), also PN [[Κόρωνος]] (Β 746; Sommer Nominalkomp. 122), n. [[κορωνόν]] <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), [[κορώνιον]] n. <b class="b2">Krähenkraut(=?)</b> (Ps.-Dsc.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 42); [[κορωνίης]] m. [[who proudly bows his neck]] ([[ἵππος]]; Semon.) with [[κορωνιάω]] <b class="b2">id., be proud</b> (hell.), also [[curb oneself]] (<b class="b3">κορωνιόωντα πέτηλα</b> Hes. Sc. 289; metr. conditioned). - Denomin. verb [[κορωνίζω]] [[end]], [[finish]] (of [[κορωνίς]]; Pontos); also of [[κορώνη]] as basis of [[κορωνισταί]] pl. "crow-singer", [[κορωνίσματα]] pl. "crow-songs", i. e. [[begging singer]], <b class="b2">-songs</b> (Ath.). - See on [[κορώνη]] 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. [[corn-īx]], Umbr. [[curn-aco]] [[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 [[κόραξ]] and [[κόραφος]]? (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 [[κορώνη]] is as name for curbed abjects beside [[κορωνίς]], [[κορωνός]] separated from [[κορώνη]] [[crow]] and connected with [[κυρτός]] (s. v.). Against a separation in two diff. words speaks the remarkable formation of the Greek word. The metaphorical use of [[κορώνη]] [[crow]] has nothing remarkable ([[κόραξ]], 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]].