άνω και κάτω τελεία

From άνω (áno, “upper”) + και (kai, “and”) + κάτω (káto, “lower”) + stop, full stop (stop, full stop)

άνω και κάτω τελεία • (áno kai káto teleía) f (plural άνω και κάτω τελείες)

1. (grammar, typography) The modern Greek colon ⟨:⟩.

This form of the colon is derived from the Latin colon and encoded identically in Unicode. It is used in approximately the same manner as the English mark (See Appendix:Greek punctuation).

It should be distinguished from the earlier two dot punctuation ⟨⁚⟩, which served as a full stop.

• άνω κάτω τελεία f (áno káto teleía)
• διπλή τελεία f (diplí teleía) (rare)
• διπλή στιγμή f (diplí stigmí) (rare)

see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)