metobelus

noun

met·​obelus

(ˈ)met+

plural metobeli

: a symbol variously written (as by:) and used in ancient manuscripts (as of the Septuagint) to mark the end of a suspected or spurious passage compare obelus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from meta- + obelus

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