corona

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corōna (“garland, crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Doublet of crown.

Noun

corona (plural coronas or coronae or coronæ)

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
2. (astronomy) The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,
3. (biology) Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
4. (electricity) corona discharge
5. (anatomy) The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.

Anagrams

• caroon, racoon

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /koˈɾo.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾo.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /koˈɾo.na/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan corona, from Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Further reading

• “corona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”). Compare also cruna, probably from a derivative of the same Latin word.

Noun

corona f (plural corone)

1. crown (of a king, pope etc) (also of a tooth)
2. crown (various units of currency)
3. coronet
4. wreath
5. corona (of a star etc)

Verb

corona

1. third-person singular present indicative of coronare
2. second-person singular imperative of coronare

Anagrams

• ancoro, ancorò
• canoro
• corano, Corano

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koˈroː.na/, [kɔˈroː.na]

Noun

corōna f (genitive corōnae); first declension

1. garland, chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 3.1.16

     sed quid ego video? Menaechmus cum corona exit foras

     But why do I see Menaechmus here? He's coming out of doors with a chaplet on?

2. crown
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 5.5.38

     at ego te sacram coronam surrupuisse Iovi scio

     And I know that you stole the sacred crown of Jupiter.

References

• corona in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• corona in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corona in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• corona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    
  • to sell a prisoner of war as a slave: aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)
    
  • the free men are sold as slaves: libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
    
• corona in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• corona in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• corona in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Latin corōna, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (oblique plural coronas, nominative singular corona, nominative plural coronas)

1. crown

Etymology

From Old Spanish corona, from Latin corōna (“crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “garland, wreath”).

Noun

corona f (plural coronas)

1. crown
2. (heraldry) crown
3. crown (various units of currency)
4. (of a star) corona
5. wreath; ring, circle
6. sprocket; (bicycle sprockets) cassette

Verb

corona

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of coronar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of coronar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of coronar.