Corona
2. Corōna, ae, f., als Gestirn: A) die nördliche Krone, Cic. Arat. 351. Ov. met. 8, 181. Col. 11, 2, 74; dem Mythus zufolge die an den Himmel versetzte Krone der Ariadne (vgl. Ariadna), dah. auch Gnosia stella Corona gen., Verg. georg. 1, 222, od. Cressa Corona, Ov. art. am. 1, 558, od. Ariadnea Corona, Manil. 5, 21. – B) die südliche Krone, Caes. German. Arat. 391.
2 Cŏrōna, (15) æ, f. , la Couronne [constell.] : Cic. Arat. 34, 351 ; Ov. M. 8, 181.
Coro'na, Sili'cius
a senator, who voted for the acquittal of Brutus and Cassius, when Octavianus called upon the court to condemn the murderers of Caesar. The life of Silicius was spared at the time, but he was afterwards included in the proscription, and perished in B. C. 43. Plutarch calls him P. Silicius, and Appian Icilius. (D. C. 46.49; Plut. Brut. 27; Appian, App. BC 4.27.)