Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe punctuation mark ⟨:⟩. · The triangular colon (especially in context of not being able to type the actual triangular colon). · A rhetorical figure consisting of a clause which is grammatically, but not logically, complete. · A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon)bor. Latin cōlon English colon From Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).
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