coronis

noun /kɒˈɹəʊnɪs/

1. A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.

2. The conclusion of something; the end of something.

   figuratively, obsolete, rare

   The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended.

3. 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.

Where it comes from

From the Latin corōnis, from the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis”); cognate with the French coronis.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry coronis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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