Dictionary

punctus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpʌŋktəs/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin punctus (“punctuation mark”).

Meanings

1. The basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).
   • Curiously, the punctus versus was largely replaced with a punctus by ca.1100. 2015 August 31, “Medieval Manuscripts”, in Albrecht Classen, editor, Handbook of Medieval Culture, volume 2, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1015:
   • In the sacerdotal prayers in col. a the punctuation is by punctus flexus, punctus elevatus and punctus. 1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Plates and Commentaries, page 197:
   • The most common item of punctuation was the punctus or point. 2011 July 22, Tadao Kudouchi, edited by Akio Oizumi and Jacek Fisiak, English Historical Linguistics and Philology in Japan, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172:

Relateds

punctus versus · punctus flexus · punctus percontativus · punctus elevatus · punctus circumflexus · punctus interrogativus