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語源

Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn, from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɒləfən/, /ˈkɒləˌfɒn/

名詞

colophon (plural colophons)

1. (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 his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
2. An inscription found at the end of, or interspersed with the contents of, Chinese paintings or scrolls, usually left by later literati, appreciators, or collectors.
3. (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.
4. (by extension, Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
5. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.
   • 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.

派生語

関連する語

• colophony (“rosin”)

参考

• coronis
• vignette

参照

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈkɔ.ɫɔ.pʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈkɔː.lo.fon]

名詞

colophōn m (genitive colophōnis); third declension

1. summit, peak

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

参考

• Colophon

参照

• “colophon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "colophon", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.