corona

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 Anagrams 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms 2.2 Verb 2.3 Anagrams 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Related terms 3.2.3 Descendants 4 Spanish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin corōna (“‘garland, crown’”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korōnē), “‘garland, wreath’”).

[edit] Noun

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corona (plural coronae or coronas)

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. (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field [quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher].

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• coronagraph

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acnoor
• racoon

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

corona f. (plural corone)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• corona solare
• coronare
• coronato
• incoronare
• incoronazione

[edit] Verb

corona

1. Third-person singular present tense of coronare.
2. Second-person singular imperative of coronare.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of acnoor
• ancoro, ancorò
• canoro
• corano, Corano

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek κορώνη (korōnē), “‘garland, wreath’”).

[edit] Noun

corōna (genitive corōnae); f, first declension

1. A garland, chaplet or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead.
   • c. 254-184 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. A crown.
   • c. 254-184 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.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	corōna	corōnae
genitive	corōnae	corōnārum
dative	corōnae	corōnīs
accusative	corōnam	corōnās
ablative	corōnā	corōnīs
vocative	corōna	corōnae

[edit] Related terms

• corōlla
• corōnāmentum
• corōnārius
• corōnō

[edit] Descendants

• English: corona
• Spanish: corona

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Latin corōna (“‘crown’”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korōnē), “‘garland, wreath’”).

[edit] Noun

corona f. (plural coronas)

1. crown
2. (of a star) corona