colophon
See also: Colophon
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn, from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colophon (plural colophons)
- (printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name.
- (printing) A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.
- (by extension, Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
- (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.[1]
- 1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi, page 427:
- He comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon, or conclusion of all things else.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
end note about author and manuscript
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printer notice at the end of a book
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “colophon, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2011.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
colophon m (plural colophons)
- colophon, final notice on manuscript
- colophon, final notice about printer, editor, paper, etc., with bibliophilic information
Further reading edit
- “colophon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lo.pʰoːn/, [ˈkɔɫ̪ɔpʰoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lo.fon/, [ˈkɔːlofon]
Noun edit
colophōn m (genitive colophōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | colophōn | colophōnēs |
Genitive | colophōnis | colophōnum |
Dative | colophōnī | colophōnibus |
Accusative | colophōnem | colophōnēs |
Ablative | colophōne | colophōnibus |
Vocative | colophōn | colophōnēs |
See also edit
References edit
- “colophon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colophon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- colophon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette