Colophon Definition

kŏlə-fŏn, -fən
noun
A notation often placed in a book, at the end, giving facts about its production.
Webster's New World
The distinctive emblem of the publisher, as on the title page or cover of a book.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Colophon

Noun

Singular:
colophon
Plural:
colophons

Origin of Colophon

  • Late Latin colophōn from Greek kolophōn summit, finishing touch kel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophon, “peak or finishing touch”)

    From Wiktionary

Colophon Sentence Examples

  • The journey of Calchas to Colophon and his death there, as told in the Nosti, is another instance of the kind.

  • Its foundation is often attributed to Xenophanes of Colophon, but, although there is much in his speculations which formed part of the later Eleatic doctrine, it is probably more correct to regard Parmenides as the founder of the school.

  • When the Greeks, on their journey home after the fall of Troy, were overtaken by a storm, Calchas is said to have been thrown ashore at Colophon.

  • It had been predicted that he should die when he met his superior in divination; and the prophecy was fulfilled in the person of Mopsus, whom Calchas met in the grove of the Clarian Apollo near Colophon.

  • In the colophon also the compiler (as he calls himself) excuses the errors of orthography.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOL

Words Ending With

NONHON

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colophon

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With C8 Letter Words Ending With N