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‖ coronis|kɒˈrəʊnɪs|
[L. corōnis, a. Gr. κορωνίς curved stroke or flourish at the end of a book or chapter, hence fig. in sense 1 below; also in sense 2. So in mod.F.]
†1. The conclusion, end. Obs. rare.
a1670Hacket Abp. Williams ii. 38 (D.) The coronis of this matter is thus; some bad ones..were punish'd strictly, all rebuk'd, not all amended.
2. Greek Gram. A sign resembling an apostrophe ('), placed over a vowel as a mark of contraction or crasis; e.g. κα'γαθός for καὶ ἀγαθός.
1833E. Robinson tr. Buttmann's Gr. Gram. 60 Over a crasis is commonly written the sign ', called coronis (κορωνίς). 1863W. Smith tr. Curtius' Gr. Gram. §16. |