A paragraphos (Ancient Greek: παράγραφος, parágraphos, from para-, 'beside', and graphein, 'to write') was a mark in ancient Greek punctuation, marking a division in a text (as between speakers in a dialogue or drama) or drawing the reader's attention to another division mark, such as the two dot punctuation mark ⁚ (used as an obelism).
There are many variants of this symbol, sometimes supposed to have developed from Greek gamma (Γ), the first letter of the word graphos. It was usually placed at the beginning of a line and trailing a little way under or over the text.[1]
It was referenced by Aristotle, who was dismissive of its use.[2]
Unicode encodes multiple versions:
U+2E0F⸏PARAGRAPHOS
U+2E10⸐FORKED PARAGRAPHOS
U+2E11⸑REVERSED FORKED PARAGRAPHOS
U+205A⁚TWO DOT PUNCTUATION
^Pearse, Roger (9 Nov 2010). "Paragraphos and Coronis—the joy of the chase". Retrieved 9 Oct 2014.
^Pearse, Roger (10 Nov 2010). "More on the paragraphos mark". Retrieved 9 Oct 2014.
A paragraphos (Ancient Greek: παράγραφος, parágraphos, from para-, 'beside', and graphein, 'to write') was a mark in ancient Greek punctuation, marking...
into groups was the original paragraphos, similar to an underscore at the beginning of the new group. The Greek parágraphos evolved into the pilcrow (¶)...
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the original παράγραφος (parágraphos), which was a horizontal line in the margin to the left of the main text. As the paragraphos became more popular, the...
theorized that it is an adaptation of the Ancient Greek παράγραφος (paragraphos), a catch-all term for a class of punctuation marks used by scribes with...
to mark off a sentence (periodos). In addition, the Greeks used the paragraphos (or gamma) to mark the beginning of sentences, marginal diples to mark...
HORIZONTAL U+2796 ➖ M➖➖➖➖➖ HEAVY MINUS SIGN Unicode symbols. U+2E0F ⸏ PARAGRAPHOS Ancient Greek textual symbol, usually displayed by a long low line. U+3161...
as two separate words, should instead be read as a single word. The paragraphos (see picture, right) marked a division in a text. The coronis ⸎ was used...
Issues: Punctuation Archived November 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine". 2005. Accessed 7 October 2014. Interpunct Obelos Coronis Paragraphos v t e v t e...
literary and documentary, by spaces, reinforced in the book-hand by the paragraphos, a horizontal stroke under the beginning of the line. The coronis, a...
students. Interpraetationes ad frequentiores Pandectarum titulos, leges et paragraphos (in Latin). Vol. 5. Venezia: Bartolomeo Arese. 1595. Consilia, 15th-century...
on initial iota and upsilon; a few ligatures are used, along with the paragraphos: initial letter into margin (extent of this varies considerably). A plain...
which there was Coptic writing.: 196 Its writing appearance and use of paragraphos to indicate a change of speaker, also points towards an Egyptian provenance...
beginning of the first line of Atalanta's Ehoie followed by a forked paragraphos and blank space, suggesting that it is a reclamans; another papyrus (pictured)...
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