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U+2E0F, ⸏
PARAGRAPHOS

[U+2E0E]
Supplemental Punctuation
[U+2E10]

Ancient Greek

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Diacritical mark

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  1. The paragraphos, an underlining of the first letter or two of a line of text, typically extending into the left margin, that indicates a change of speaker in that line.

Usage notes

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The paragraphos is similar in function to the quotation dash , but in contrast is a termination mark. It may be used together with other punctuation where the speech ends, such as the dicolon :.