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(palaeography) The basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).

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punctus

Source Word

punctus

IPA(Pronunciation)

(palaeography) The basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).

Japanese Meaning

中世の句読点として用いられ、文章の終わりを示す基本的な点（‧）

In the medieval manuscript, the scribe placed a punctus at the end of each clause to mark pauses.

中世の写本では、写字生は各節の末尾に文末の小点を置いて、区切りを示していた。

Sense（1）

(palaeography) The basic dot (‧) used to end a sentence in medieval punctuation (ancestral to the full stop/period).

In the sacerdotal prayers in col. a the punctuation is by punctus flexus, punctus elevatus and punctus.