Meaning of coronis | Babel Free
kɒˈɹəʊnɪsDefinitions
- Any of several figures from Greek mythology
- A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
- The conclusion of something; the end of something.
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A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note. Ancient-Greek
Examples
“The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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