κορωνίς

κορωνίς

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 March 2015

Etymology

From κορωνός (korōnós, “curved”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ko.rɔː.nís/ → /ko.roˈnis/ → /ko.roˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ko.rɔː.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.roˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.roˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.roˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.roˈnis/

Noun

κορωνῐ́ς • (korōnís) f (genitive κορωνῐ́δος); third declension

1. something crook-beaked or curved
   1. a cow with crumpled horns
2. anything curved or bent
   1. a wreath or garland
   2. a curved line or stroke, flourish
      1. (figuratively) end, completion
      2. the mark of crasis or apostrophe, i.e. a breathing mark in the middle of a word, which only appears in words formed by crasis, such as in ταὐτός (tautós)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κορωνῐ́ς; τῆς κορωνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κορωνῐ́ς hē korōnís	τὼ κορωνῐ́δε tṑ korōníde	αἱ κορωνῐ́δες hai korōnídes
Genitive	τῆς κορωνῐ́δος tês korōnídos	τοῖν κορωνῐ́δοιν toîn korōnídoin	τῶν κορωνῐ́δων tôn korōnídōn
Dative	τῇ κορωνῐ́δῐ têi korōnídi	τοῖν κορωνῐ́δοιν toîn korōnídoin	ταῖς κορωνῐ́σῐ / κορωνῐ́σῐν taîs korōnísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κορωνῐ́δᾰς / κορωνῐ́ν tḕn korōnídas / korōnín	τὼ κορωνῐ́δε tṑ korōníde	τᾱ̀ς κορωνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s korōnídas
Vocative	κορωνῐ́ς korōnís	κορωνῐ́δε korōníde	κορωνῐ́δες korōnídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Coordinate terms

• (προσῳδίαι ἑλληνικαί) προσῳδία; βαρεῖα ⟨ ` ⟩, βραχεῖα ⟨ ˘ ⟩, δασεῖα ⟨ ῾ ⟩, κορωνίς ⟨ ᾽ ⟩, μακρά ⟨ ¯ ⟩, ὀξεῖα ⟨ ´ ⟩, περισπωμένη ⟨ ῀ ⟩, ψιλή ⟨ ᾿ ⟩ ^{(Category: grc:Diacritical marks)}

References

• κορωνίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κορωνίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κορωνίς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κορωνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κορωνίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963