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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=grc κορώνη}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kɔˈroː.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [koˈrɔː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''corōnō''' (present infinitive corōnāre, perfect active corōnāvī, supine corōnātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[corōna|t=garland, crown]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) ⟨corōna⟩ comes from [[grc|κορώνη|tr=korṓnē|t=anything curved; a crown]], according to the OLD, the TLL and Wiktionary.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius, in his ''Cypria Ilias'', has a jewelled collar encircling a neck.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its main sense is “to deck with garlands, crown”, of persons, statues, doors and temples, as Ovid's crowned temples, and of wine bowls wreathed by Virgil's companions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Victors in contests were crowned, as Pliny the Elder says Athens crowned its victors with olive.^(OLD 2012) The older sense, already in Naevius, is “to form a ring round, encircle”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to crown”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of a collar round the neck.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of wreathed bowls.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of crowned temples.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder of crowning victors.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To deck with garlands, [[m|en|wreathe]], [[m|en|crown]]; to crown a victor.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To form a ring round, [[m|en|encircle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[corōnāmen]]

+ * [[corōnātiō]]

+ * [[corōnātor]]

+ * [[incorōnātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[corōlla]]

+ * [[corōna]]

+ * [[corōnālis]]

+ * [[corōnāmentum]]

+ * [[corōnārius]]

+ * [[en|crown]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}