κορώνη
κορώνη
κορώνη, ἡ,
Lat. cornix, the chough or sea-crow, a small kind with red legs and bill, Od.
= κόραξ, the carrion-crow, Hes., Ar.
anything hooked or curved, like a crowʼs bill,
the handle on a door, Od.
the tip of a bow, on which the bowstring was hooked, Hom.:—metaph., βιῷ κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι to put a finish to life, Luc.