Κολοφών
Βίον καλὸν ζῇς, ἂν γυναῖκα μὴ τρέφῃς → Uxorem si non duxis, vives commode → Gut ist dein Leben, wenn du keine Frau ernährst
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Colophon (/ˈkɒləˌfɒn, -fən/; Ancient Greek: Κολοφών, romanized: Kolophṓn) was an ancient city in Ionia. Founded around the turn of the 1st millennium BC, it was likely one of the oldest of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. It was located between Lebedos (120 stadia to the west) and Ephesus (70 stadia to its south). Its ruins are south of the town Değirmendere in the Menderes district of Izmir Province, Turkey.
The city's name comes from the word κολοφών, "summit", (which is also the origin of the bibliographic term "colophon", in the metaphorical sense of a 'crowning touch',) as it was sited along a ridgeline. The term colophony for rosin comes from the term colophonia resina (Ancient Greek: Κολοφωνία ῥητίνη Kolophōnia rhētinē), resin from the pine trees of Colophon, which was highly valued for increasing friction of the bow hairs of stringed musical instruments.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῶνος (ἡ) :
Colophôn (auj. ruines près de Zille) ville de Lydie.
Étymologie: DELG κολοφών.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Κολοφών: ῶνος ἡ Колофон (один из двенадцати крупнейших ионийских городов в М. Азии) Her., Thuc. etc.
