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κορώνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κορώνη κορώνης

Structure: κορων (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater
  2. crow
  3. anything curved, especially a door handle
  4. the tip of a bow, on which the string is hooked
  5. the curved stern of a ship, especially its crown (ornamental top)
  6. the tip of a plow-beam, upon which the yoke was attached
  7. apophysis (the part of a bone where the tendon is attached)
  8. end, tip, point

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κρίσιν τε οὐ μὴ διακρίνωσιν αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ μὴ ρύσωνται ἀδικούμενον ἀδύνατοι ὄντεσ. ὥσπερ γὰρ κορῶναι ἀναμέσον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Litterae Ieremiae 1:54)
  • ὄρνιθεσ δὲ πολλοὶ αὐλίζονται ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, λάροι καὶ αἴθυιαι καὶ κορῶναι αἱ θαλάσσιαι τὸ πλῆθοσ οὐ σταθμητοί. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 5:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν αἰγυπιὸσ γαμψώνυχοσ ἀκρίδα μάρψῃ, δὴ τότε λοίσθιον ὀμβροφόροι κλάγξουσι κορῶναι. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 31:3)
  • φθονεραὶ γὰρ ἐπικρώζουσι κορῶναι. (Aristotle, Episode 1:30)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν οἰκήσωσι λύκοι πολιαί τε κορῶναι ἐν ταὐτῷ τὸ μεταξὺ Κορίνθου καὶ Σικυῶνοσ, ‐ τί οὖν προσήκει δῆτ’ ἐμοὶ Κορινθίων; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a type of sea-bird

  2. crow

  3. anything curved

  4. the tip of a bow

  5. end

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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