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κορωνίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κορωνίς κορωνίδος

Structure: κορωνιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: korwno/s

Sense

  1. something crook-beaked or curved, a cow with crumpled horns

Declension

Third 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

  • τὸν γὰρ Δία κατὰ τὸν παραδεδομένον μῦθον, τότε κεραυνωθείσησ Σεμέλησ πρὸ τοῦ τεκεῖν, τὸ βρέφοσ λαβόντα καὶ ἐρράψαντα εἰσ τὸν μηρόν, ὡσ ὁ τέλειοσ τῆσ γενέσεωσ χρόνοσ ἦλθε, βουλόμενον λαθεῖν τὴν Ἥραν, ἐξελεῖν τὸ βρέφοσ ἐν τῇ νῦν Νάξῳ, καὶ δοῦναι τρέφειν ταῖσ ἐγχωρίοισ Νύμφαισ Φιλίᾳ καὶ Κορωνίδι καὶ Κλείδῃ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 52 2:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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