interpunctio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From inter- +‎ punctio.

Noun[edit]

interpūnctiō f (genitive interpūnctiōnis); third declension

  1. punctuation (placing of points between words)

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative interpūnctiō interpūnctiōnēs
Genitive interpūnctiōnis interpūnctiōnum
Dative interpūnctiōnī interpūnctiōnibus
Accusative interpūnctiōnem interpūnctiōnēs
Ablative interpūnctiōne interpūnctiōnibus
Vocative interpūnctiō interpūnctiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: interpunzione

References[edit]

  • interpunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • interpunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • interpunctio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.