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|Definition=ἡ, a sea-bird, possibly<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[shearwater]], [[Puffinus kuhlii]] or [[Puffinus anglorum]], τανύγλωσσοί τε κορῶναι εἰνάλιαι Od.5.66, cf. 12.418, Arist.''HA''593b13, [[Theophrastus]] ''Sign.''16, Arat.950, Ael.''NA''15.23; λάροι καὶ αἴθυιαι καὶ κ. Arr.''Peripl.M.Eux.''32 (but confounded with λάροι and αἴθυιαι by Sch.Od.1.441, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[crow]] (including the [[hooded crow]], [[Corvus cornix]], and prob. also the [[rook]], [[Corvus corone]]), μή τοι ἐφεζομένη κρώξῃ λακέρυζα κ. Hes.''Op.''747; συκῆ πετραίη πολλὰς βόσκουσα κ. Archil.19: distinguished from [[κολοιός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''5 (cf. 7); ἐννέα τοι ζώει γενεὰς λακέρυζα κ. ἀνδρῶν γηράντων Hes.''Fr.''171; πέντ' ἀνδρῶν γενεὰς ζώει λακέρυζα κ. Ar. ''Av.''609; <b class="b3">πολιαὶ κ.</b> ib.967; <b class="b3">κορώνην δευτέραν ἀναπλήσας</b> having lived out twice a full [[crow's-age]], Babr.46.9; ὑπὲρ τὰς κορώνας βεβιωκώς Poll.2.16: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">κορώνη σκορπίον [ἥρπασε]</b> '[[caught a Tartar]]', ''AP'' 12.92 (Mel.), cf.Zen.4.57, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], Suid.; invoked at weddings, Ael. ''NA''3.9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κ. Δαυλία</b>, = [[ἀηδών]], Ar.''Fr.''716.<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything [[hooked]] or [[curved]], like a [[crow]]'s [[bill]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[door-handle]], θύρην δ' ἐπέρυσσε κορώνῃ ἀργυρέῃ Od.1.441; ἱμάντα… ἀπέλυσε κορώνης 21.46; χρυσέη κ. 7.90, cf. Poll.7.107, al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[tip of a bow]], on which the [[bow]]-[[string]] was hooked, πᾶν δ' εὖ λειήνας χρυσέην ἐπέθηκε κ. Il.4.111, cf. Od.21.138: generally, [[end]], [[tip]], Artem.5.65: metaph., v. infr.7.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[curved stern of a ship]], Arat.345.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[tip]] of the [[plough]]-[[pole]] ([[ἱστοβοεύς]]), upon which the [[yoke]] is [[hook]]ed or tied, A.R.3.1318, Poll.1.252.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[coronoid process]] of the [[ulna]], Hp.''Art.''18, Gal.''UP''2.14, Id.18(2).617; of the [[jaw]], Id.''UP''11.20, 18(1).426.<br><span class="bld">6</span> kind of [[crown]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b3">κ. παννυχική</b> [[crown]], i.e. [[culmination]], of a [[festival]], Posidipp. ap. Ath. 10.414d; cf. [[μέχρι]] τῆς κ. Call.''Fr.''2.5 P.: generally, <b class="b3">χρυσῷ βίῳ</b> (with play on [[βιῷ]]) χρυσῆν κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι Luc.''Peregr.''33, v. supr. 11.2.