1. Lat. cornix, the chough or sea-crow , a small kind with red legs and bill, (Odyssey by Homer)

2. = κόραξ, the carrion-crow , (Hesiod)

3. anything hooked or curved , like a crow's bill,

4. the handle on a door , (Odyssey by Homer)

5. the tip of a bow , on which the bowstring was hooked, (Homer):—;metaphorically, βιῷ κορώνην ἐπιθεῖναι to put a finish to life, (Lucian) (ML)