1. Lat. cornix, the chough or sea-crow , a small kind with red legs and bill, (Odyssey by Homer) 2. = κόραξ, the carrion-crow , (Hesiod) 3. anything hooked or curved , like a crow's bill, 4. the handle on a door , (Odyssey by Homer) 5. the tip of a bow , on which the bowstring was hooked, (Homer):—;metaphorically, βιῷ κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι to put a finish to life, (Lucian) (ML)
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G8074 — κορώνη
korōnē · a crowbar · Greek