- κορώνη
- a crowbar
- 1. Lat. cornix, the chough or sea-crow , a small kind with red legs and bill, [8th/7th c.BC]
2. = κόραξ, the carrion-crow , [8th/7th c.BC, 5th/4th c.BC]
3. anything hooked or curved , like a crow's bill,
4. the handle on a door , [8th/7th c.BC]
5. the tip of a bow , on which the bowstring was hooked, [8th/7th c.BC]:—;metaph., βιῷ κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι to put a finish to life, [Refs 2nd c.AD] (ML)