punctus interrogativus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin pūnctus interrogātīvus (“question mark”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtiːvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtaɪvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɒɡətɪvəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtivəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɑɡəˈtaɪvəs/, /ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəˈɹɑɡətɪvəs/
Noun[edit]
- (palaeography) The medieval ancestor of the modern question mark (approximately ~̣).
- 1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect[1], Glossary, pages 306–307:
- punctus percontativus A reversed, but not inverted punctus interrogativus […] used in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate the end of a percontatio.
- 2000, Jane Roberts, Janet Laughland Nelson, editors, Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy[2], King's College (University of London), →ISBN, page 537:
- […] manuscript punctuation has a punctus elevatus after the interjections and a punctus interrogativus at the end of the sentence.
See also[edit]
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