CORO´NIS
CORO´NIS (
κορωνίς), the
cornice of an entablature, is properly a Greek word signifying anything
curved (Schol.
ad
Aristoph. Pl. 253;
Hesych. sub voce). It is also used by Latin writers, but the
genuine Latin word for a
cornice is
corona or
coronix. (
Vitr. 5.2,
3.)
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