κορώνη

korone

shearwater, Puffinus Kuhlii

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 12
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Book II 1
Chapter 17 506b32–509a23

509a1
Book VI 2
Chapter 6 563a17–563b13

563b11

Chapter 8 564a7–24

564a16
Book VIII 2
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

593b13

Chapter 28 605b22–607a8

606a25
Book IX 7
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609a8
609a11
609a17
609a26
610a8

Chapter 23 617b6–15

617b13

Chapter 24 617b16–18

617b17
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 774b5–775b24

774b28

Dictionary (LSJ)

κορώνη, ἡ, a sea-bird, possibly A. shearwater, Puffinus Kuhlii or P. 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 with λ. and αἴ. by Sch.Od. 1.441, cf. Hsch.). 2. crow (including the hooded crow, Corvus cornix, and prob. also the rook, C. corone), μή τοι ἐφεζομένη κρώξῃ λακέρυζα κ. Hes. Op. 747; συκῆ πετραίη πολλὰς βόσκουσα κ. Archil. 19: distd. from κολοιός, Ar. Av. 5 (cf. 7); ἐννέα τοι ζώει γενεὰς λακέρυζα κ. ἀνδρῶν γηράντων Hes. Fr. 171; πέντʼ ἀνδρῶν γενεὰς ζώει λακέρυζα κ. Ar. Av. 609; πολιαὶ κ. ib.967; κορώνην δευτέραν ἀναπλήσας having lived out twice a full crowʼs-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 hooked or curved, like a crowʼs bill, 1. door-handle, θύρην δʼ 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 δʼ 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 process of 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 of crown, 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 on βιῷ) χρυσῆν κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι Luc. Peregr. 33, v. supr. II.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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