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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In paleography, a curve, double curve, or flourish, used to mark the end of a paragraph, a section, or a whole book.
  • noun Hence The end generally; the conclusion; the summing up.
  • noun In Greek grammar, a sign of crasis or contraction (') placed over the contracted vowel or diphthong, as κα%148ν for καί α%148ν.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable.
  • noun rare The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: , ۞.

Etymologies

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From the Latin corōnis, from the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnis, "crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis"); cognate with the French coronis.

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