cŏlŏphōn, ōnos, m.: colophon dixerunt, cum aliquid finitum significaretur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 14 Müll. [ = κολοφών, the summit, the top; cf. in Gr. κολοφῶνα ἐπιθεῖναι, v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v. κολοφών].
CO´LOPHON(Κολοφών: Eth. Κολοφώνιος), one of the Ionian cities of Asia, founded, according to traditi...
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