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colophon

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1. colophon - Noun

2. Colophon - Proper noun

Meaning

An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.

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At the end of the 7th century BCE, Mimnermus of Colophon struck on the innovation of using the verse for erotic poetry. Source: Internet

“Akashic fits in that very slight category of publishers, growing slimmer every day, whose colophon is a recommendation on its own.” Source: Internet

He thus inferred that the colophon referred to the Agnean language.sfnsfn Although the term twγry or toxrï appears to be the Old Turkic name for the Tocharians, it is not found in Tocharian texts. Source: Internet

I know of no other Greeks who are accustomed to sacrifice puppies except the people of Colophon ; these too sacrifice a puppy, a black bitch, to the Wayside Goddess". Source: Internet

Hippolytus, Refutation of all Heresies, i. 7; Cf. Aristotle, De Caelo, 294b13-21 Xenophanes of Colophon (c. 500 BC) thought that the Earth was flat, with its upper side touching the air, and the lower side extending without limit. Source: Internet

Having recovered on that occasion, he later suffered a relapse in Colophon, losing his vision altogether. Source: Internet

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