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punctum delens

punctum delens noun: a dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.

Noun

punctum delens (plural puncta delentia)

  1. A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
  2. A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.

Forms of punctum delens

pluralpuncta delentia

Origin of punctum delens

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns.

Questions about punctum delens

What does punctum delens mean?
Punctum delens means a dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
What part of speech is punctum delens?
Punctum delens is a noun.
What is the plural of punctum delens?
The plural of punctum delens is puncta delentia.

Words near punctum delens in the dictionary

  1. punctulations
  2. punctule
  3. punctules
  4. punctum
  5. punctum caecum
  6. punctum delens
  7. punctum proximum
  8. punctum remotum
  9. punctum saliens
  10. punctum stans
  11. punctum vasculosum

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