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punctus versus

UK/ˌpʌŋktəs ˈvɜːsəs/US/ˌpʌŋktəs ˈvɚsəs/

punctus versus noun: a medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;).

Noun

punctus versus

  1. A medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;)
    • […]moreover by turning the punctus after fiant into a punctus versus, he has repointed the two verses as a single sententia.1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Influences on The Application of Punctuation, page 74
    • Thus the basic punctuation marks used in English manuscripts of the eleventh-thirteenth centuries are: the simple point, the punctus elevatus, the punctus versus, and the punctus interrogativus.2011 July 22, Tadao Kudouchi, edited by Akio Oizumi and Jacek Fisiak, English Historical Linguistics and Philology in Japan, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172

Origin of punctus versus

From Medieval Latin pūnctus versus (literally “facing mark”).

Questions about punctus versus

What does punctus versus mean?
Punctus versus means a medieval punctuation mark marking the end of a sentence (approximately ;).
What part of speech is punctus versus?
Punctus versus is a noun.
How do you pronounce punctus versus?
Punctus versus is pronounced /ˌpʌŋktəs ˈvɜːsəs/ (UK).

Words near punctus versus in the dictionary

  1. punctus circumflexus
  2. punctus elevatus
  3. punctus flexus
  4. punctus interrogativus
  5. punctus percontativus
  6. punctus versus
  7. pund
  8. Punda
  9. Pundarīka
  10. pundeh
  11. pundehs

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