Coronis
//kɒˈɹəʊnɪs// name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
- 2 The conclusion of something; the end of something. figuratively, obsolete, rare
"The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended."
- 3 A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note. Ancient-Greek
Proper Noun
- 1 Any of several figures from Greek mythology Greek
Example
More examples"The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the Latin corōnis, from the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis”); cognate with the French coronis.
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Κορωνίς (Korōnís).
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