άνω και κάτω τελεία

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

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

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

   Synonyms: δύο τελείες (dýo teleíes), άνω κάτω τελεία (áno káto teleía), (rare) διπλή τελεία (diplí teleía), (rare) διπλή στιγμή (diplí stigmí)

• 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 colon (See Appendix:Greek punctuation) and should not be confused with the historical two dot punctuation  ⁚ .

see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)