noun · femininefirst declension
corōna
corōna f (genitive corōnae)
Classical[kɔˈroː.na]Ecclesiastical[koˈrɔː.na]
Meaning
- chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
sed quid egō videō? Menaechmus cum corōnā exit forās
But why do I see Menaechmus here? He's coming out of doors with a chaplet on?c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 3.1.16 - crown
at ego tē sacram corōnam surrupuisse Iovī sciō
And I know that you stole the sacred crown of Jupiter.c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 5.5.38 - garland
mīlle venit variīs flōrum dea nexa corōnīs
She comes, a goddess having been enwound with the varied garlands of a thousand flowers (See Flora (mythology).)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.945 - circle (of people), assembly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
hīc: circulus obsidentiumcorōna -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 15
quod victor in capite gerit; captīvī sub corōnā vēneuntcrown; ring of besiegers
corōna -ae (f) — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 11
circulus; corōna collium = collēs in circulōcrown; ring of besiegers
corōna -ae (f) — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 18
sertum capitiscorōna -ae (f) — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 21
quod caput cingit, signum honōriscorōna -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 3
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corōna corōlla | corōnae corōllae |
| genitive | corōnae corōllae | corōnārum corōllārum |
| dative | corōnae corōllae | corōnīs corōllīs |
| accusative | corōnam corōllam | corōnās corōllās |
| ablative | corōnā corōllā | corōnīs corōllīs |
| vocative | corōna corōlla | corōnae corōllae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
- to elicit loud applause.
- aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)
- to sell a prisoner of war as a slave.
- libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
- the free men are sold as slaves.
cŏrō^na (in the ante-Aug. per. sometimes written chorona, acc. to Quint. 1, 5, 20; cf. the letter C), ae, f., = κορώνη,
I. a garland, chaplet, wreath.
I. Lit., of natural or artificial flowers, etc. (very freq. used for personal adornment at festivals, when sacrificing, or as a gift for friends, etc., for ornamenting the images of the gods, edifices, victims, the dead, etc.), Lucr. 5, 1399; Lex XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5, § 7; Plaut. Men. 3, 1, 16; Cic. Fl. 31, 75; id. Leg. 2, 24, 60; Liv. 23, 11, 5; 38, 14, 5; Curt. 4, 2, 2; 4, 4, 5; Hor. C. 1, 26, 8; id. Ep. 2, 2, 96; Tac. A. 2, 57; 15, 12; 16, 4; id. H. 2, 55 et saep.:
coronas bibere, i. e. to throw into the cup leaves plucked from the garlands, Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12. Vid. the artt. sacerdotalis, funebris, sepulchralis, convivialis, nuptialis, natalitia, Etrusca, pactilis, plectilis, sutilis, tonsa or tonsilis, radiata, and pampinea.—Poet.: perenni fronde corona, i. e. immortal, poetic renown, Lucr. 1, 119.—As emblem of royalty, a crown: regni corona = diadema, Verg. A. 8, 505. —Concerning the different kinds of garlands or crowns given to soldiers as a prize of bravery (castrensis or vallaris, civica, muralis, navalis or rostrata, obsidionalis, triumphalis, oleagina, etc.), v. Gell. 5, 6; Dict. of Antiq.; and the artt. castrensis, civicus, muralis, etc.—2. Esp.: corona fidei, the crown of martyrdom (eccl. Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 58; 60; Lact. Epit. 72, 23;
and corona alone, Lact. 4, 25, 10; id. Mort. Pers. 16, 11.—B. Sub coronā vendere, t. t. of the lang. of business, to sell captives as slaves (since they were crowned with chaplets; cf. Caelius Sabinus ap. Gell. 7, 4, 3;
and corono, I.), Caes. B. G. 3, 16; Liv. 42, 63, 12; so, sub coronā venire, id. 9, 42, 8; 38, 29, 11; 41, 11, 8: sub coronā venundari, Tac. A. 13, 39; id. H. 1, 68: sub coronā emere, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 4.—C. As a constellation.
1. The northern crown (according to the fable, the crown of Ariadne transferred to heaven;
v. Ariadna), Cic. Arat. 351 sq.; Caes. German. Arat. 71; called Gnosia stella Coronae, Verg. G. 1, 222: Cressa Corona, Ov. A. A. 1, 558: Ariadnea Corona, Manil. 5, 21; cf. also Ov. M. 8, 181; Plin. 18, 26, 60, § 224 al.—* 2. The southern crown, Caes. German. Arat. 391.—
II. Meton., of objects in the form of a crown.
A. Most freq., a circle of men, an assembly, crowd, multitude (esp. of judicial assemblies), Cic. Fl. 28, 69; id. Phil. 2, 44, 112; id. Mil. 1, 1; id. Fin. 2, 22, 74; Quint. 12, 10, 74; Suet. Aug. 93 al.; Cat. 53, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 53; Ov. M. 13, 1 al.—Hence,
2. Milit. t. t., the besiegers round a hostile place, the line of siege or circumvallation, Caes. B. G. 7, 72; Liv. 10, 43, 1; 23, 44, 3; Curt. 4, 6, 10 al.—Also, a circle of men for the defence of a place, Liv. 4, 19, 8.—
C. In the agrimensores, an elevated ridge of land as a boundary line, Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Front. Col. 114 and 131 Goes.—
D. The hairy crown over the horse's hoof, Col. 6, 29, 3; Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 13, 1.—
E. Montium, a circular ridge of mountains, Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 73.—
F. The halo round the sun (for the Gr. ἅλως), Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
corōna ae, f
, κορώνη, a garland, chaplet, wreath: coronam habere in capite: virtute parta: laurea, L.: Necte Lamiae coronam, H.—Worn in offering sacrifice: Insignis gemmis, V.: tenuis, Iu. —A crown, diadem: duplex gemmis, V.: species coronae, O.: aureae, Ta.—A chaplet (as a badge of captivity): sub coronā vendere, to sell as slaves, Cs.: sub coronā vēnire, L.—The Northern Crown (a constellation): Gnosia stella Coronae, V., O.— A circle, assembly, crowd, multitude, audience, spectators, ring: vox in coronam effunditur: armatorum: clamor coronae, H.—A surrounding army, besiegers, line of siege: militum, Cs.: coronā vallum defendit, a circle of defence, L.: spissa viris, V.—An eage: angusta muri, Cu.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Elsewhere
- Frenchcouronnefrom Old French corone
- Englishcrownfrom Old French corone
- Occitancoronafrom Old Occitan corona
- Occitancourounofrom Old Occitan corona
- Sardiniancorona
- Sardiniancurona
- Englishcorona
- GermanKorona
- Romaniancoroană
- Emiliancuråṅna
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italiancruna
- Italiancorona
- Romaniancoroanăfrom Italian corona
- Corsicancurona
- Bulgarianкоронаfrom Italian corona
- Siciliancruna
- Siciliancuruna
West Iberian
- Portuguesecoroafrom Old Galician-Portuguese corõa
- Spanishcoronafrom Old Spanish corona
- Aragonesecorona
- Asturiancoronafrom Old Leonese corona
- Asturiancuronafrom Old Leonese corona
- Asturiancoroñafrom Old Leonese corona
- Leonesecuronafrom Old Leonese corona
- Galiciancoroafrom Old Galician-Portuguese corõa
- Karaokoronafrom Old Spanish corona
Eastern Romance
- Romaniancunună
- Aromaniancãrunã
- Aromaniancurunã
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friuliancorone
- Romanshcuruna
- Romanshcruna
Albanian
- Tosk Albaniankurorë
- Gheg Albaniankuronë