‖ 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.
| a 1670 Hacket 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.
| 1833 E. Robinson tr. Buttmann's Gr. Gram. 60 Over a crasis is commonly written the sign ', called coronis (κορωνίς). 1863 W. Smith tr. Curtius' Gr. Gram. §16. |