Liddell–Scott–Jones: κορών-η

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shearwater, Puffinus Kuhlii

κορών-η,ἡ, a sea-bird, possibly

A. shearwater, Puffinus KuhliiorP. anglorum, τανύγλωσσοί τε κορῶναι εἰνάλιαι

Od. 5.66

, cf. 12.418 , Arist. HA 593b13 , Thphr. Sign. 16 , Arat. 950 , Ael. NA 15.23 ; λάροι καὶ αἴθυιαι καὶ κ.

Arr. Peripl.M.Eux. 32

(but confounded withλ.andαἴ.by Sch. Od. 1.441 , cf. Hsch. ).

2. crow(including thehooded crow, Corvus cornix, and prob. also therook, C. corone), μή τοι ἐφεζομένη κρώξῃ λακέρυζα κ.

Hes. Op. 747

; συκῆ πετραίη πολλὰς βόσκουσα κ.

Archil. 19

: distd. fromκολοιός, Ar. Av. 5 (cf. 7 ); ἐννέα τοι ζώει γενεὰς λακέρυζα κ. ἀνδρῶν γηράντων

Hes. Fr. 171

; πέντ' ἀνδρῶν γενεὰς ζώει λακέρυζα κ.

Ar. Av. 609

;πολιαὶ κ.ib. 967 ;κορώνην δευτέραν ἀναπλήσαςhaving lived out twice a fullcrow's-age, Babr. 46.9 ; ὑπὲρ τὰς κορώνας βεβιωκώς

Poll. 2.16

: prov.,κορώνη σκορπίον [ἥρπασε] 'caught a Tartar', AP 12.92 ( Mel. ), cf. Zen. 4.57 , Hsch. , Suid. ; invoked at weddings, Ael. NA 3.9 .

3. κ. Δαυλία,

= ἀηδών , Ar. Fr. 716 .

II. anything hookedorcurved,likea crow's bill,

1. door-handle, θύρην δ' ἐπέρυσσε κορώνῃ ἀργυρέῃ

Od. 1.441

; ἱμάντα . . ἀπέλυσε κορώνης

21.46

; χρυσέη κ.

7.90

, cf. Poll. 7.107 , al.

2. tip of a bow, on which the bow-string was hooked, πᾶν δ' εὖ λειήνας χρυσέην ἐπέθηκε κ.

Il. 4.111

, cf. Od. 21.138 : generally,end, tip, Artem. 5.65 : metaph.,v.infr. 7 .

3. curved stern of a ship, Arat. 345 .

4. tip of the plough-pole(ἱστοβοεύς), upon which the yoke is hooked or tied, A.R. 3.1318 , Poll. 1.252 .

5. coronoid processof the ulna, Hp. Art. 18 , Gal. UP 2.14 , Id. 18(2).617 ; of the jaw, Id. UP 11.20 , 18(1).426 .

6. kind ofcrown, Hsch.

7. κ. παννυχική crown, i.e.culmination, of a festival, Posidipp. ap. Ath. 10.414d ; cf. μέχρι τῆς κ.

Call. Fr. 2.5

P.: generally,χρυσῷ βίῳ(with play onβιῷ) χρυσῆν κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι

Luc. Peregr. 33

,v.supr. 11.2 .